UK noun GREY GAS 灰色气体  ESSENTIAL  uncountable

the grey, black or white mixture of gas and very small pieces of carbon that is produced when something burns   （燃烧所产生的）烟，烟雾 cigarette smoke   香烟的烟雾 a tiny smoke -filled pub   烟雾弥漫的小酒吧 The fire produced a pall (= large mass) of smoke visible twenty miles away.   大火产生的大团烟雾在20哩之外都能看见。 Plumes of smoke billowed from the chimney.   滚滚浓烟从烟囱里冒出来。 She leaned back thoughtfully and blew a puff of (= a small amount of) smoke into the air.   她若有所思地向后靠去，吐出了一口烟。 go up in smoke

to be destroyed by burning    化成了烟，被大火烧毁 Because of the fire, hundreds of houses went up in smoke.   由于这场大火，数百栋房屋被烧毁。

Something that goes up in smoke fails to produce the result that was wanted    未达到预期的效果，化为泡影 When the business went bankrupt, twenty years of hard work went up in smoke.   公司破产时，20年的苦心经营化为乌有。UK noun CIGARETTE 烟 only singular

the act of smoking a cigarette    抽烟，吸烟 I really enjoy a smoke at the end of a meal.   我很喜欢在饭后抽一支烟。 countable informal

a cigarette    烟 Would you buy me some smokes while you're out?   你出去的时候能帮我买些烟吗？UK noun CITY 城市 the (big) smoke UK and Australian English informal

any large city, especially London, Sydney or Melbourne    大城市（尤指伦敦、雪梨或墨尔本） He was a young lad of 16 when he first came to the big smoke.   他初次来到这座大城市时还是个16岁的少年。UK noun There's no smoke without fire. UK saying (US Where there's smoke, there's fire.)

If unpleasant things are said about someone or something, there is probably a good reason for it    无火不生烟；无风不起浪 She says the accusations are not true, but there's no smoke without fire.   她说那些指控纯属子虚乌有，但无风不起浪。UK verb BREATHE SMOKE 吸烟  ESSENTIAL  intransitive or transitive

to breathe smoke into the mouth and usually lungs from a cigarette, pipe, etc.    吸烟，抽烟 Do you mind if I smoke?   你介意我抽根烟吗？ I used to smoke a UKpacket/ USpack of cigarettes a day.   我曾经一天抽一包烟。UK verb GREY GAS 灰色气体 intransitive

to produce smoke as a result of industrial activity or of something such as an electrical fault    冒烟 The skyline is dominated by smoking factory chimneys.   地平线上全是工厂冒着烟的烟囱。 Suddenly the TV went blank and started smoking.   电视机突然影像全无，开始冒烟。UK verb PRESERVE 保存 transitive

to preserve meat, fish or cheese using smoke from burning wood   （用烟）熏制 People in the Middle East, South Asia and Egypt were salting, drying and smoking fish and meat 6000 years ago.   中东、印度和埃及的人们6000年前就开始把鱼和肉拿来腌制、风乾和熏制。 She had champagne and smoked salmon sandwiches at her birthday party.   她在自己的生日派对上喝了香槟，吃了熏鲑鱼三明治。UK verb   Phrasal Verbs   [M] smoke sb/sth out

If you smoke out an animal or person that is hiding, you force them to leave the place where they are by filling it with smoke    用烟把（动物或人）熏出 figurative The finance minister has promised a tougher approach to smoking out (= finding) tax dodgers.   财政部长已允诺要加强措施，查处逃税者。