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单词 tobacco
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Definition of tobacco in English:

tobacco

nounPlural tobaccos təˈbakəʊtəˈbækoʊ
  • 1mass noun A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing.

    烟草制品

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drinking alcohol and smoking or chewing tobacco are also associated with an increased risk of developing mouth cancer.
    • The socioeconomic differences are more marked for smoking than for chewing tobacco.
    • Smokeless tobacco is most commonly used in rural regions but use in urban areas is growing.
    • Both tobacco and cannabis have a similar range of carcinogenic substances.
    • That's not true, for medical evidence says that smoking or chewing tobacco can kill people.
    • Oral intake of tobacco by chewing also increased the excretion as nicotine can be absorbed from oral mucosa.
    • These groups are always in favor of raising taxes on tobacco and of banning smoking in public places.
    • This can happen due to variety of reasons, the commonest being smoking or chewing tobacco.
    • He taps the pipe's bowl against his palm, and throws the tobacco out the window before it burns him.
    • What I do know is that legal smoking of tobacco kills 4,700 New Zealanders a year.
    • Colonial tobacconists began to ‘advertise’ their tobaccos using the iconography of the plant's origins and political economy.
    • Smokeless tobacco comes in two main forms - snuff and chewing tobacco.
    • However the consumption of smoking tobacco is far lower than in any other European country.
    • There were three products, cut tobacco for pipes, roll tobacco for chewing and smoking, and snuff.
    • With the anti-smoking campaigns the nation acknowledged the dangers of smoking tobacco.
    • Restaurants, pubs, or whoever wants it can apply for a licence which allows the smoking of tobacco on their premises.
    • Most of the health risks associated with pot smoking are related to the tobacco its usually smoked with.
    • The smoking of tobacco should eventually become an activity undertaken only by consenting adults in private.
    • One of the major problems with smoking and chewing tobacco has to do with the chemical nicotine.
    • Cancer of the oral cavity is more common in people who chew tobacco or smoke pipes.
  • 2The plant of the nightshade family which yields tobacco, native to tropical America. It is widely cultivated in warm regions, especially in the US and China.

    烟草

    Nicotiana tabacum, family Solanaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • While the tobacco plant is indigenous to North America, it is now commercially cultivated and naturalized in most sub tropical countries.
    • The integral mana of the tobacco plant has been abused as have the Native Americans from whom the plant was taken.
    • Several carcinogens are derived from tobacco but also from areca nut.
    • Both tobacco, as a model plant species, and alfalfa have been transformed with the assembled constructs.
    • He found it very difficult to sell his rye, his wheat, his barley, his sugar beet, his tobacco and other produce.
    1. 2.1 An ornamental plant related to tobacco.
      See nicotiana
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Night-flying moths are especially keen on ornamental tobacco plants.

Origin

Mid 16th century: 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.

  • This is from Spanish tabaco, but where it came from before that is confused. It is said to be either from a Carib word for a tobacco pipe or from a Taino word for a primitive cigar. However, there is also an Arabic word tabbaq used for various herbs, and it is possible that Spaniards, influenced as they were by Moorish culture, used this old Arabic word for the new herb, or blended the different strands together.

Rhymes

tacho, taco, wacko

Definition of tobacco in US English:

tobacco

nountəˈbakōtəˈbækoʊ
  • 1A preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing.

    烟草制品

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most of the health risks associated with pot smoking are related to the tobacco its usually smoked with.
    • Oral intake of tobacco by chewing also increased the excretion as nicotine can be absorbed from oral mucosa.
    • With the anti-smoking campaigns the nation acknowledged the dangers of smoking tobacco.
    • This can happen due to variety of reasons, the commonest being smoking or chewing tobacco.
    • That's not true, for medical evidence says that smoking or chewing tobacco can kill people.
    • The smoking of tobacco should eventually become an activity undertaken only by consenting adults in private.
    • What I do know is that legal smoking of tobacco kills 4,700 New Zealanders a year.
    • Cancer of the oral cavity is more common in people who chew tobacco or smoke pipes.
    • These groups are always in favor of raising taxes on tobacco and of banning smoking in public places.
    • Smokeless tobacco comes in two main forms - snuff and chewing tobacco.
    • The socioeconomic differences are more marked for smoking than for chewing tobacco.
    • Drinking alcohol and smoking or chewing tobacco are also associated with an increased risk of developing mouth cancer.
    • Both tobacco and cannabis have a similar range of carcinogenic substances.
    • Colonial tobacconists began to ‘advertise’ their tobaccos using the iconography of the plant's origins and political economy.
    • However the consumption of smoking tobacco is far lower than in any other European country.
    • He taps the pipe's bowl against his palm, and throws the tobacco out the window before it burns him.
    • Restaurants, pubs, or whoever wants it can apply for a licence which allows the smoking of tobacco on their premises.
    • Smokeless tobacco is most commonly used in rural regions but use in urban areas is growing.
    • There were three products, cut tobacco for pipes, roll tobacco for chewing and smoking, and snuff.
    • One of the major problems with smoking and chewing tobacco has to do with the chemical nicotine.
  • 2The plant of the nightshade family which yields tobacco, native to tropical America. It is widely cultivated in warm regions, especially in the US and China.

    烟草

    Nicotiana tabacum, family Solanaceae

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Several carcinogens are derived from tobacco but also from areca nut.
    • The integral mana of the tobacco plant has been abused as have the Native Americans from whom the plant was taken.
    • Both tobacco, as a model plant species, and alfalfa have been transformed with the assembled constructs.
    • While the tobacco plant is indigenous to North America, it is now commercially cultivated and naturalized in most sub tropical countries.
    • He found it very difficult to sell his rye, his wheat, his barley, his sugar beet, his tobacco and other produce.
    1. 2.1 An ornamental plant related to tobacco.
      See nicotiana
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Night-flying moths are especially keen on ornamental tobacco plants.

Origin

Mid 16th century: 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.

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