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cigar

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ci·gar /sɪˈɡɑː $ -ˈɡɑːr/ ●●○ noun [countable]  DFTa thick tube-shaped thing that people smoke, and which is made from tobacco leaves that have been rolled up 雪茄烟 cigarette
Examples from the Corpus
cigarCareta reached under the sofa and took out a cigar box.A former grocer from Rector Street, at twenty he had gone bankrupt trying to run a cigar store on Pearl Street.In the fresh air I light my first cigar of the day, and break the match before I drop it.Look at Fidel Castro and his cigar.He watched Sir Charles cut the tip off his cigar.She cleared these things to one side and laid the cigar down in the middle of the dressing-table.It was a genuine Empire product from Santanni, though the cigars it now contained were home-grown.
Origin cigar (1700-1800) Spanish cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar smoking
ci·gar nounChineseSyllable
people that which smoke, thick made and a Corpus tube-shaped is thing


cigar
cigar /sɪˈɡɑː $ -ˈɡɑːr/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: cigarro, probably from Mayan sik'ar 'smoking'
a thick tube-shaped thing that people smoke, and which is made from tobacco leaves that have been rolled up ⇨ cigarette


cigarBrE /sɪˈɡɑː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /sɪˈɡɑːr/ 🔊 nouna roll of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke, like a cigarette but bigger and without paper around it 雪茄烟cigar smoke雪茄烟雾close, but no ciˈgar(informal, especially NAmE) used to tell sb that their attempt or guess was almost but not quite successful 很接近,但还是输了;猜得差不多,但不完全对