tobacco

noun
🔊/təˈbækəʊ/
🔊/təˈbækəʊ/
[uncountable, countable]
(plural tobaccos)
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  1. the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe, etc.烟叶;烟草
    • tobacco smoke抽烟时冒出的烟
    • The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising (= the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco).政府下令禁止做烟草广告。🔊🔊
    • Several different tobaccos are grown on the land.这片土地上种有几种不同的烟草。
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    • stale
    • pipe
    verb + tobacco
    • chew
    • smoke
    • use
    tobacco + noun
    • addiction
    • consumption
    • use
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    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Spanish tabaco; said to be from a Carib word denoting a tobacco pipe or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar, but perhaps from Arabic.