smoking
UK ['sməʊ.kɪŋ] US ['smoʊ-] noun uncountable
ESSENTIAL
■when someone smokes a cigarette, pipe, etc., or when someone regularly does this 吸烟，抽烟•Smoking is not permitted anywhere in this theatre.本戏院内任何地方都不准吸烟。 •The nicotine patches are designed to help people give up/quit/stop smoking.尼古丁贴片旨在帮助人们戒烟。 •Cigarette smoking kills thousands of people every year.每年有数千人死于抽烟。 •No smoking, please.请不要吸烟。 •I avoid going to restaurants that don't have a UKno- smoking] USnon- smoking area.我不去那些没有禁烟区的餐馆。 |