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(a device in a building which sounds a fire alarm when smoke passes through it.) rilevatore di fumo -
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♦ smoke /sməʊk/n.1 [u] fumo: a column [a cloud] of smoke, una colonna [una nuvola] di fumo3 (pl.) (fam.) sigarette; sigari● smoke alarm = smoke detector ► sotto □ (fig. USA) smoke and mirrors, fumisterie; operazione di facciata □ smoke ball, candelotto fumogeno □ smoke black, nerofumo □ (mil.) smoke bomb, bomba fumogena □ smoke break, pausa ‘sigaretta’; intervallo per fare una fumatina □ (mil.) smoke candle, candelotto fumogeno □ (ecol.) smoke control, controllo dei fumi industriali e domestici (in GB) □ (tecn.) smoke detector, rivelatore del fumo ( in un impianto antincendio) □ smoke-dried, affumicato (rif. ad alimenti) □ smoke-filled room, stanza fumosa; (fig.) stanza delle decisioni; stanza dei complotti (o delle cospirazioni) □ (mil., ecc.) smoke grenade, bomba fumogena □ smoke-hole, foro di uscita del fumo; (geol.) fumarola □ smoke-house, affumicatoio ( per alimenti); camera di fumigazione ( di conceria) □ smoke-in, raduno pubblico in cui si fuma la marijuana ( per chiederne la legalizzazione) □ smoke pipe, tubo da stufa □ smoke pot, bidone fumogeno □ smoke ring, anello di fumo: to blow smoke rings, fare anelli in aria ( fumando) □ (ingl.) smoke room, sala per fumatori □ smoke screen, (mil.) cortina di fumo ( anche fig.); cortina fumogena; ( slang USA) dispositivo elettronico contro l'Autovelox □ (edil.) smoke shelf, voltino del focolare □ smoke shop, tabaccheria e negozio di articoli per fumatori □ smoke signal, segnale di fumo; fumata □ (miner.) smoke-stone, quarzo affumicato □ a smoke trail, un fil di fumo □ (bot.) smoke tree ( Rhus continus), scotano □ (volg.) to blow smoke up sb. 's arse ( USA: up sb. 's ass), raccontare balle a q.; montare la testa a q. □ (fig.) to end up in smoke, finire in niente; andare in fumo; sfumare □ to go up in smoke, bruciarsi completamente; (fig.) andare in fumo, finire in niente: Our plans went up in smoke, i nostri progetti sono andati in fumo □ ( slang) like smoke, rapidamente; in un baleno □ (prov.) There's no smoke without fire (o Where there's smoke, there's fire), non c'è fumo senza arrosto.♦ (to) smoke /sməʊk/A v. i.1 fumare; far fumo; emettere fumo: Does he smoke?, fuma?; DIALOGO → - Asking for a light- Sorry, I don't smoke, mi dispiace, non fumo; to smoke heavily, essere un forte fumatore; The chimneypots were smoking, i comignoli fumavano; The camp stove smokes awfully, la cucina da campo fa un fumo maledetto; to smoke like a chimney, fumare come un turco3 (fig.) emettere vapore; fumare: The horse's sides smoked after the race, dopo la corsa i fianchi del cavallo fumavano4 (fam.) fumare la marijuanaB v. t.2 affumicare; conservare col fumo; riempire (o annerire) di fumo: to smoke fish, affumicare il pesce; a smoked ceiling, un soffitto annerito dal fumo (o affumicato)● to smoke bees, affumicare le api ( cioè, un alveare) □ to have smoked oneself sick, star male per aver fumato troppo □ ( USA) to smoke up, affumicare ( una stanza, ecc.); (fam.) fumare la marijuana. -
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I [sməʊk]1) (fumes) fumo m.to go up in smoke — colloq. bruciare completamente; fig. andare in fumo
2) colloq. (cigarette) sigaretta f., sigaro m.••II 1. [sməʊk]1) fumare [cigarette etc.]2) gastr. affumicare [fish, meat]2.1) (use tobacco, substances) fumare2) (be smoky) [fire, lamp] fumare•••to smoke like a chimney — colloq. fumare come un turco
* * *[sməuk] 1. noun1) (the cloudlike gases and particles of soot given off by something which is burning: Smoke was coming out of the chimney; He puffed cigarette smoke into my face.) fumo2) (an act of smoking (a cigarette etc): I came outside for a smoke.) fumata, fumatina2. verb1) (to give off smoke.) fumare2) (to draw in and puff out the smoke from (a cigarette etc): I don't smoke, but he smokes cigars.) fumare3) (to dry, cure, preserve (ham, fish etc) by hanging it in smoke.) affumicare•- smoked- smokeless
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- go up in smoke* * *I [sməʊk]1) (fumes) fumo m.to go up in smoke — colloq. bruciare completamente; fig. andare in fumo
2) colloq. (cigarette) sigaretta f., sigaro m.••II 1. [sməʊk]1) fumare [cigarette etc.]2) gastr. affumicare [fish, meat]2.1) (use tobacco, substances) fumare2) (be smoky) [fire, lamp] fumare•••to smoke like a chimney — colloq. fumare come un turco
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