cigarette
/ˌsɪɡəˈret/noun
उच्चारण सिगरेट
सिगरेट
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a thin tube of paper filled with tobacco, for smoking
सिगरेट
- Smoking cigarettes harms health.
- A packet of cigarettes now carries a large health warning.
- The shopkeeper was fined for selling cigarettes to children.
+ 2 more examples
- He gave up cigarettes after his heart check-up.
- A discarded cigarette caused the fire in the dry grass.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
a cigarette / a packet of cigarettes
Cigarette is a countable noun; sell or buy a packet or a pack, and count single sticks as cigarettes.
'Cigarette' countable noun है; डिब्बे के लिए 'a packet of cigarettes' कहते हैं और अलग-अलग को 'cigarettes' गिना जाता है।
- He buys two packets of cigarettes a week.
- She lit a cigarette and walked out.
smoke / light / put out a cigarette
The usual verbs with cigarette are smoke, light, put out and stub out.
'Cigarette' के साथ सामान्य verbs 'smoke', 'light', 'put out' और 'stub out' हैं।
- Please put out your cigarette before you board the bus.
cigarette + noun (smoke, butt, lighter, packet)
As a modifier, cigarette names objects connected with smoking.
Modifier के रूप में 'cigarette' धूम्रपान से जुड़ी वस्तुओं के नाम बनाता है।
- Cigarette smoke is harmful to the lungs.
give up / cut down on cigarettes
Give up means to stop completely and cut down on means to reduce.
'Give up' का अर्थ पूरी तरह छोड़ना और 'cut down on' का अर्थ कम करना है।
- Radhika's uncle gave up cigarettes after his heart check-up.
+Collocations 4
verb + cigarette
smokelightstub outrolloffer
- He stubbed out the cigarette on the ground and left.
cigarette + noun
smokebuttpacketlighteradvertisement
- A cigarette packet in India carries a health warning.
quantity + cigarettes
a packet ofa pack ofa carton ofa box ofa pair of
- He carries a packet of cigarettes in his shirt pocket.
adjective + cigarette
filterunlithalf-smokedlitcheap
- He held an unlit cigarette between his fingers.
“More examples 5
- Smoking cigarettes is banned in all public places in India.
भारत में सभी सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर सिगरेट पीना प्रतिबंधित है।
- The doctor told him to cut down on cigarettes at once.
डॉक्टर ने उसे तुरंत सिगरेट कम करने को कहा।
- A cigarette butt thrown on dry grass can start a forest fire.
सूखी घास पर फेंका गया सिगरेट का टुकड़ा जंगल में आग लगा सकता है।
- A new tax has made cigarettes more expensive.
नए कर ने सिगरेट को और महँगा बना दिया है।
- The film showed a hero lighting a cigarette in every scene, which students criticised.
फ़िल्म में नायक हर दृश्य में सिगरेट जलाता दिखाया गया, जिसकी विद्यार्थियों ने आलोचना की।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He drinks cigarette every day.
✓ He smokes cigarettes every day.
Hindi uses 'peena' for both drinking and smoking, so students use drink; English uses smoke for cigarettes.
हिंदी में 'पीना' दोनों के लिए आता है, इसलिए विद्यार्थी 'drink' लिख देते हैं; अंग्रेज़ी में सिगरेट के लिए 'smoke' आता है।
✗ Cigarette are bad for health.
✓ Cigarettes are bad for health.
Cigarette is countable; the general plural needs -s and a plural verb.
'Cigarette' countable है; सामान्य कथन के लिए plural 'cigarettes' और plural verb चाहिए।
✗ He is addicted to smoke.
✓ He is addicted to smoking.
After the preposition to in be addicted to, use a noun or an -ing form; smoke here is a verb.
'Be addicted to' में 'to' preposition है, इसलिए उसके बाद noun या -ing रूप आता है; यहाँ 'smoke' verb है।
AaSpelling
cig·a·rette
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
A person who never smokes is a non-smoker; giving up smoking quitting.
कभी धूम्रपान न करने वाला non-smoker; धूम्रपान छोड़ना quitting।
General knowledge
The COTPA Act, 2003 bans smoking in public places and the sale of tobacco near schools; 31 May is World No Tobacco Day; the -ette ending means small, as in kitchenette and cigarette (a small cigar).
COTPA Act, 2003 सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर धूम्रपान और स्कूलों के पास तंबाकू की बिक्री पर रोक लगाता है; 31 मई विश्व तंबाकू निषेध दिवस है; -ette अंत का अर्थ छोटा है, जैसे kitchenette और cigarette (छोटा cigar)।