a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking香烟；纸烟；卷烟- to smoke/have a cigarette抽烟/抽烟
- a decrease in cigarette smoking减少吸烟
- (British English) a packet of cigarettes一包香烟
- (especially North American English) a pack of cigarettes一盒香烟
- to light a cigarette点燃一支香烟
- the smell of cigarette smoke烟味
- There were three cigarette butts in the ashtray. 烟灰缸里有三个烟头。
- The man stubbed out his cigarette and lit a new one. 那人抽出烟头，点燃了一根新烟。
see also e-cigarette, electronic cigaretteExtra Examples- A cigarette dangled from his lips.他叼着一支烟。
- He accidentally dropped a lighted cigarette on the chair.他无意中把一支燃着的香烟掉到了椅子上。
- He drew on his cigarette and waited for the train.他抽着烟，等火车。
- He was sitting on the bench taking a cigarette break.他坐在长椅上抽根烟休息一会儿。
- He'd bummed a cigarette from someone.他问别人讨了一支烟。
- Please extinguish all cigarettes now.现在请熄灭所有的烟。
- Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings.刊登香烟广告的海报必须附有政府的健康警告。
- She rolls her own cigarettes.她自己卷烟抽。
- She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette.她溜出去偷偷吸了一支违禁烟。
- She smokes a pack/packet of cigarettes a day.她一天抽一包香烟。
- The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray.香烟在烟灰缸里慢慢燃烧。
- The cigarettes glowed in the dark.香烟在黑暗中发着红光。
- The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside.那位老人把他的香烟弹到路旁。
- carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin随意把未灭的香烟扔进垃圾桶
- the smell of stale cigarette smoke难闻的烟味
Topics Social issuesa2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of cigarettesverb + cigarettecigarette + verbcigarette + nounSee full entry Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French, diminutive of cigare, probably from Mayan sik'ar ‘smoking’. Mayan is a language spoken in parts of Mexico and Central America.