cheroot

IPA/ʃəˈruːt/
IPA/ʃəˈruːt/

cheroot — noun

  • cherootsingular
  • cherootsplural

1. a small cigar, usually slim, where the tobacco is left open at both tips rather

1.名詞C2
釋義

a small cigar, usually slim, where the tobacco is left open at both tips rather than rolled to a tapered point.

例句

Grandfather Hugo lit a cheroot on the verandah after every Sunday dinner.

collocation: light a cheroot

Naoko offered her uncle a thin Burmese cheroot wrapped in a green leaf.

collocation: thin / Burmese cheroot

同義詞
  • cigar

    broader term; a cheroot is one specific style of cigar

  • stogie

    informal American word for a cheap, often long cigar

  • panatela

    long, thin cigar but closed at the head end, unlike a cheroot

文法句型

a cheroot

smoke a cheroot

用法筆記

A cheroot differs from a standard cigar in that both ends are cut flat (open) rather than one end being closed and pointed. Often associated with South and Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar (Burma) and the Philippines.

常見錯誤

❌I smoked a cheroot cigarette after dinner.
✅I smoked a cheroot after dinner.
💡a cheroot is a kind of cigar, not a cigarette, so the extra word is wrong.