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chain-smoke

/ˈtʃeɪn ˌsmoʊk/

Traducción: Verbo que describe el acto de fumar cigarrillos de forma continua, a menudo encendiendo uno nuevo con la colilla del anterior.

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/ˈtʃeɪn ˌsmoʊk/C1formal
  • esVerbo que describe el acto de fumar cigarrillos de forma continua, a menudo encendiendo uno nuevo con la colilla del anterior.

A verb used to describe the act of smoking cigarettes continuously, often lighting one from the butt of another.

  1. Smoke continuouslyB2informal

    To smoke one cigarette immediately after another, often lighting the next from the previous one.

    esfumar en cadena

    • He chain-smoked throughout the entire meeting.
    • She chain-smokes when she is stressed about work.
    • The detective chain-smoked while waiting for the suspect.
Formas
  • chain-smoked past participle
  • chain-smoked past simple
  • chain-smoking present participle
  • chain-smokes third person singular