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词汇 smoke
释义
smoke
Theme: ALCOHOL - BAD
n. methyl alcohol; bad liquor; any liquor.
The old guy was drinking smoke, and it blinded him.They call it smoke because when you mix it with water and shake it, it's cloudy.
Theme: DECEPTION
n. exaggeration; deception.
That's not a report. That's just smoke.If the smoke is too obvious, they'll just get suspicious.
Theme: MURDER
tr. to annihilate someone; to shoot someone. (Underworld.)
Rocko tried time and time again to smoke Barlowe, always without success.You want me to smoke you on the spot, or are you gonna cooperate?
Theme: OVERWHELM
tr. to beat someone in a contest; to outrun, outdistance, or outplay someone.
Jill smoked Dave in the bicycle race.I will smoke you in the race!
Theme: TOBACCO
1.
n. a tobacco cigarette; a pipe; a cigar.
I think I'll have a smoke now.You got a smoke I can owe you?
2.
n. the act of smoking tobacco.
I need a smoke!I'm going to stop here for a smoke.
Idiom
smokethe (big) smoke
British & Australian a big city, especially London, Sydney or Melbourne.
So when were you last in the smoke, then?
smoke
1. noun
1
a cigarette; a cigar UK, 1882.
2
marijuana; heroin; opium; any drug that may be smoked US, 1946.
3
a marijuana cigarette US, 1967.
4
crack cocaine when smoked; heroin mixed with crack cocaine when smoked US, 1991.
5
denatured alcohol (ethyl alcohol to which a poisonous substance has been added to make it unfit for consumption) mixed with water for drinking US, 1950.
6
toxic, potentially fatal solvents used as substitutes for alcohol for the truly desperate US, 1955.
7
a black person. Offensive US, 1913.
8
a non-commissioned officer commanding an artillery battery US, 1988.
9
a forest fire US, 1991.
10
one dollar US, 1975. bring smoketo fire a gun US, 1997. in smokein hiding AUSTRALIA, 1908. put smoketo fire a single round of artillery to help others mark a target US, 1990. the Smoke; Big Smoke; Great Smoke; the SmokesLondon; any large city. All variations are used with 'the' UK, 1848. up the Smoketo London; to central London (from the suburbs). Originally tramps' usage; you go 'up THE SMOKE' (London) even when heading down from the north UK
2. verb
1
to shoot someone US, 1926.
2
to drive fast US, 1976.
3
to defeat someone soundly, especially in a contest of speed US, 1996.
4
to perform oral sex on a man. Simple imagery, perhaps influenced by the Freudian notion that smoking is an 'oral' habit UK, 1984. smoke a bowlto smoke a pipe filled with marijuana US, 1982. smoke a pipe; smoke the pipeto surf through the hollow tube of a wave US, 1987. smoke buttto curry favour through obsequious behaviour US, 1992. smoke itto commit suicide by a gunshot wound in the mouth US, 1984. smoke like a chimneyto smoke cigarettes heavily UK, 1840. smoke with the devilto drive too fast for road conditions US, 1976
idiomsmokeblow smoke (up sb's ass) AmEAmETrick/deceive to try to deceive someone:You could tell from what they were saying that these guys weren't just blowing smoke. They were deadly serious.Jeff's blowing smoke up my ass. He's trying to sell me this car for $2,000 more than it costs at the dealer.
NoteIt is better to just say blow smoke because many people think using the word 'ass' is rude.
go up in smoke/flames1 to be completely destroyed by fire:Although most of the people protesting against the Torness power station were non-violent, a small minority would have been happy to see the whole place go up in smoke.By the time I got there, the fire had gone right through the office; I watched while a whole year's work went up in smoke.2 if someone's efforts, plans, or hopes go up in smoke, they fail completely because the situation has changed:Unless we get these orders out on time, our customers will go elsewhere and all our hard work will go up in smoke.Their hopes of a win went up in flames when the Rangers scored twice in the last quarter.(there's) no smoke without fire(also where there's smoke there's fire)used in order to say that if people are saying something unpleasant or shocking about someone, then it is probably partly true:Even after Marston had been cleared of all charges against him, some people were still murmuring about "no smoke without fire".You can't believe everything that children say, but there's no smoke without fire, and it's certainly not a happy school.Where there is smoke there is usually fire, but in this case people have chosen to believe malicious gossip.smoke and mirrors AmEAmEtrick/deceive a way of deceiving someone by taking their attention away from what is importantoften used in politics:We need a budget proposal that will really get the debt down. Smoke and mirrors won't work any more.Cronin's lawyer, Joseph Moore, told the jury in his opening that the prosecution's case was all smoke and mirrors.smoke signalsused about things that a company, government, etc says or does that show someone what they are thinking or planning, when they are not stating this directly:We were still hoping that the Stenning Group would make a bid to buy our company, although the smoke signals from them read simply "message received".What the Liberals need most are some smoke signals to indicate that the Socialists will support their policy on wages.

smoke

1. n. a tobacco cigarette; a pipe of tobacco; a cigar. I think I’ll have a smoke now.
2. n. the act of smoking anything smokable, including drugs. I need a smoke—of anything. I’m going to stop here for a smoke.
3. n. methyl alcohol; bad liquor; any liquor. They call it smoke because when you mix it with water and shake it, it’s cloudy.
4. n. exaggeration; deception. (see also blow smoke, smoke and mirrors.) If the smoke is too obvious, they’ll just get suspicious.
5. tv. to annihilate someone; to shoot someone. (Underworld.) Rocko tried time and time again to smoke Marlowe, always without success.
6. tv. to beat someone in a contest; to outrun, outdistance, or outplay someone. Jill smoked Dave in the bicycle race.
See:
  • a smoke-filled room
  • blow smoke
  • chain smoke
  • chain-smoke
  • go up in flames
  • go up in smoke
  • holy cow
  • holy smoke(s)
  • in a smoke-filled room
  • no smoke without fire
  • no smoke without fire, there's
  • no smoke, no fire
  • put that in your pipe and smoke it
  • Put that in your pipe and smoke it!
  • put up a smoke screen
  • smoke
  • smoke (someone or something) out of (some place)
  • smoke and mirrors
  • smoke both ends of the cigar
  • smoke eater
  • smoke like a chimney
  • smoke like a chimney, to
  • smoke out
  • smoke out of
  • smoke pole
  • smoke show
  • smoke signals
  • smoke someone/something out, to
  • smoke the peace pipe (with someone)
  • smoke up
  • smoke-filled room
  • smoke-in
  • smokescreen
  • the big smoke
  • there's no smoke without fire
  • throw smoke
  • watch (one's) smoke
  • watch my dust
  • watch someone's smoke
  • where there's smoke there's fire
  • where there's smoke, there's fire
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