spliff

/splɪf/ (bre, ipa) · /splɪf/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈsplif/ (ame, mw)

spliff — noun

  • spliffsingular
  • spliffsplural

1. a rolled paper tube filled with cannabis, sometimes mixed with tobacco, that peo

1.名詞C1
釋義

a rolled paper tube filled with cannabis, sometimes mixed with tobacco, that people smoke to feel its drug effect

例句

Darius rolled a spliff on the back step and lit it with a match.

collocation: roll / light a spliff

The police found a half-smoked spliff in the parked van.

同義詞
  • joint

    more widely used; a joint is usually pure cannabis, a spliff often mixes in tobacco

  • reefer

    older, dated slang for the same kind of cannabis cigarette

文法句型

light/roll/smoke a spliff

用法筆記

Informal British and Caribbean slang; in formal or legal writing the term is 'cannabis cigarette'. Often distinguished from a 'joint' by the added tobacco.

常見錯誤

❌She bought a spliff plant in the garden.
✅She bought a cannabis plant in the garden.
💡a spliff is the rolled cigarette you smoke, not the living plant.