下面两句的意思相同:
Her bathrobe was dusted with ash from her cigarette.
Her bathrobe was dusted with ash from her cigarettes.
她的晨衣上沾有她的香烟掉下的烟灰。
但her cigarette指她正在抽的那支香烟; 而her cigarettes泛指她所抽的香烟,这时她不一定正在吸烟。
cigar,cigarette,tobacco
这些名词均有“烟”之意。
cigar指雪茄烟。
cigarette指纸烟。
tobacco指烟草、烟叶、烟丝。