tobacco

Nghĩa

Noun

1. Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
2. Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
3. A variety of tobacco.

Verb

1. To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
2. To treat with tobacco.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/təˈbæk.əʊ/

Từ nguyên

Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).

Câu

Doctor Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p . l . c .

Bác sĩ Pedro Malan được bổ nhiệm vào Hội đồng quản trị của người Mỹ thuốc lá Anh P.L.C.