smoke-free

IPA/ˌsməʊk ˈfriː/
IPA/ˌsməʊk ˈfriː/

smoke-free — adjective

1. describing a place or area where people are not permitted to smoke, so the air c

1.形容詞B1
釋義

describing a place or area where people are not permitted to smoke, so the air contains no tobacco smoke.

例句

The hospital declared all its buildings smoke-free starting in January.

attributive use immediately after noun complement

Asher booked a smoke-free hotel room for his family trip to Kaohsiung.

attributive: smoke-free + noun

同義詞
  • non-smoking

    more common in everyday speech; describes the rule rather than the air quality

  • no-smoking

    used mainly in signs and labels; slightly more informal than 'smoke-free'

反義詞
  • smoking

    describes an area where smoking is allowed

文法句型

be + smoke-free

smoke-free + noun (zone, hotel, policy, area)

用法筆記

Common in official signage, regulations, and hospitality listings. 'Smoke-free' implies the air is actually free of smoke, whereas 'non-smoking' merely states that smoking is not permitted.

常見錯誤

❌We sat in a free-smoke area.
✅We sat in a smoke-free area.
💡The word is 'smoke-free' (the thing banned + 'free'), not 'free-smoke'.
❌This is a no-smoking zone' (when describing the clean-air outcome).
✅This is a smoke-free zone.
💡'Non-smoking' or 'no-smoking' focuses on the rule; 'smoke-free' focuses on the result (clean air).