smoke

1. N-UNCOUNT Smoke consists of gas and small bits of solid material that are sent into the air when something burns. 煙

A cloud of black smoke blew over the city. 一團黑煙拂過了這座城市。

2. V-I If something is smoking, smoke is coming from it. 冒煙

The chimney was smoking fiercely. 煙囪猛烈地冒著煙。

3. V-T/V-I When someone smokes a cigarette, cigar, or pipe, they suck the smoke from it into their mouth and blow it out again. If you smoke, you regularly smoke cigarettes, cigars, or a pipe. 吸 (煙); 吸煙

He was sitting alone, smoking a big cigar. 他那時正獨自坐著，抽著一根大雪茄。

It's not easy to quit smoking. 戒煙不容易。

4. N-SING Smoke is also a noun. 吸煙

Someone came out for a smoke. 有人為了吸煙而出來了。

5. V-T If fish or meat is smoked, it is hung over burning wood so that the smoke preserves it and gives it a special flavour. 熏制 (魚或肉)[usu passive]

...the grid where the fish were being smoked. …當時熏魚所用的烤架。

6. →see also smoking

7. PHRASE If someone says where there's smoke there's fire, they mean that there are rumours or signs that something is true so it must be at least partly true. 有火就冒煙; 無風(fēng)不起浪

A lot of the stuff in the story is not true, but I have to say that where there's smoke there's fire. 故事中有許多事情都不是真的，但我不得不說，無風(fēng)不起浪。

8. PHRASE If something goes up in smoke, it is destroyed by fire. 被燒毀

The crew were able to put out the fire after only 25 acres had gone up in smoke. 在僅僅25公頃被燒毀之后，隊員們能夠?qū)⒒饟錅缌恕?/p>

9. PHRASE If something that is very important to you goes up in smoke, it fails or ends without anything being achieved. 化為烏有

I was afraid you'd say no, and my dream would go up in smoke. 我擔(dān)心你會說不，那我的夢想就化為烏有了。