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| 1 | U a grey , black , or white cloud produced by something that is burning （燃烧所产生的）烟 |
| The air was thick with cigarette smoke. 空气中充满香烟的烟雾。 |
| a column/pall/cloud of smoke (=a large quantity) A column of black smoke slowly rose above the building. 一柱/一层/一团烟 |
| Exploding rockets sent up clouds of smoke. 爆炸的火箭散发出一团团烟雾。 |
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| 2 | C usually singular the process of smoking something , especially a cigarette 抽烟（尤指香烟） |
| I’ m just going out for a smoke. 我只是出去抽支烟。 |
| | 2a | C a cigarette 香烟 | | Have a smoke. 抽支烟吧。 | |
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| 3 | the Smoke BRITISH informal London or another large city 伦敦；大城市 |
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| - | go up in smoke informal
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| 1 | if your plans or dreams go up in smoke , they are destroyed （计划或梦想）成为泡影，化为乌有 | Without a scholarship, her dreams of college would go up in smoke. 没有奖学金，她上大学的梦想就成为了泡影。 | |
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| 2 | to be destroyed by fire 被烧光；被烧毁 | It would take just one match for this whole place to go up in smoke. 只要一根火柴就能把这整个地方烧得精光。 | |
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| - | there’ s no smoke without fire mainly spoken
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| used for saying that if something bad is being said about someone , or something seems bad , then there is probably a good reason for it |
| 无火不冒烟；无风不起浪 |
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| Look, he’ s a nice guy, but there’ s no smoke without fire. 瞧，他是个不错的小伙子，但是无风不起浪呀。 |
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