词组 | smoker |
释义 | smoker noun 1 a social gathering, limited to men, especially one with sexual entertainment; a film shown during such a gathering UK, 1887. 2 a marijuana smoker US, 1961. 3 a passenger train car in which smoking is permitted US, 1977. 4 any diesel-powered truck US, 1962. 5 a car for sale that a car trader is using for personal transport UK, 1965. 6 a stolen car US, 1997. 7 a high-mileage car. A car-dealers' term UK, 1981 chain smokerA person who smokes cigarettes continuously, such that they begin a new cigarette as (or almost as) soon as the last one is extinguished. My grandmother died of emphysema after being a chain smoker for most of her adult life. chain smokerOne who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers . [c. 1930] chain-smoker n. someone who smokes cigarette after cigarette. She was a chain-smoker for thirty years, and then suddenly, boom. She’s gone. |
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