cigarette

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see also HABIT
- a roll of tobacco in a thin tube of white paper that people smoke: cigarette
- a roll of tobacco leaves that people smoke: cigar
- a tube with a small bowl on the end for smoking tobacco: pipe
to smoke a pipe ◎ a pipe smoker (= a person who smokes a pipe)
- a box of usually ten or twenty cigarettes: packet (AmE pack) (of cigarettes)
- the substance made from the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that fills cigarettes, etc: tobacco (noun U)
tobacco smoke ◎ the smell of tobacco
- the drug that is contained in tobacco: nicotine (noun U)
※—† the habit of smoking
- to have the habit of smoking cigarettes, etc: smoke; noun (U): smoking
I don't smoke. ◎ Smoking can seriously damage your health.
- a person who smokes: smoker; a person who smokes a little/a lot: light/heavy smoker
※—† smoking a cigarette
- to smoke a cigarette, etc: have a cigarette, smoke (sth); noun: smoke
How many cigarettes do you smoke a day? ◎ If you want to smoke please do so only in the permitted smoking areas. ◎ I'm going to pop outside for a quick smoke.
- to make a cigarette, etc begin to burn: light* sth
He sat down and lit a cigar.
- a short piece of wood that can be used to produce a flame: match
to strike a match ◎ a box of matches ◎ a matchbox
- an object that produces a small flame for lighting cigarettes: (cigarette) lighter
- something that can be used to light a cigarette: a light
Have you got a light?
- to stop a cigarette burning: put* sth out
Please put out your cigarette before you enter the building.
- to put a cigarette out by pressing the end against a hard surface: stub sth out
to stub out a cigarette in an ashtray
- the part of a cigarette that is left, after it has been smoked: (cigarette) end
- the grey powder that is left after a cigarette has burned: (cigarette) ash (noun U)
- a small dish for cigarette ash: ashtray
※—† not smoking
- a place where it is forbidden to smoke is non-smoking
This is a non-smoking bar. ◎ a non-smoking carriage on a train
- to stop smoking permanently: give* (sth) up, stop, (AmE) quit
I gave up smoking ten years ago.
- to decide to smoke fewer cigarettes regularly: cut* down (on sth)
Please don't offer me a cigarette - I've been trying to cut down.
- a person who does not smoke: non-smoker
Wanted: flatmate, non-smoker preferred.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag