tobacco
noun /təˈbækəʊ/
/təˈbækəʊ/
[uncountable, countable] (plural tobaccos)
- the dried leaves of the tobacco plant that are used for making cigarettes, smoking in a pipe, etc.
烟叶；烟草 - tobacco smoke
抽烟时冒出的烟 - The government imposed a ban on tobacco advertising (= the advertising of cigarettes and all other forms of tobacco).
政府下令禁止做烟草广告。 - Several different tobaccos are grown on the land.
这片土地上种植着几种不同的烟草。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- strong
- stale
- pipe
- …
- chew
- smoke
- use
- …
- addiction
- consumption
- use
- …
词源mid 16th cent.: 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. - tobacco smoke