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chain-smoke

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈchain-smoke verb [intransitive, transitive]  SMOKEto smoke cigarettes one immediately after another 一支接一支地抽〔烟〕chain-smoker noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
chain-smokeJames sat silently through her speech, chain-smoking.Although he chain-smoked cigarettes, his hands were unstained.
ˈchain-smoke verbChineseSyllable
one smoke another Corpus immediately cigarettes after to


chain-smoke
ˈchain-smoke verb [intransitive and transitive]
to smoke cigarettes one immediately after another
—chain-smoker noun [countable]


chain-smokeBrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊk/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊk/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they chain-smoke BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊk/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊk/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it chain-smokes BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊks/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊks/ 🔊past simple chain-smoked BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊkt/ 🔊past participle chain-smoked BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊkt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊkt/ 🔊 -ing form chain-smoking BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊkɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊkɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (sth) to smoke cigarettes continuously, lighting the next one from the one you have just smoked 一支接一支地吸(烟) chain-smoker BrE /ˈtʃeɪn sməʊkə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtʃeɪn smoʊkər/ 🔊 noun