dottle
/dot-l/US // ˈdɒt l //UK // (ˈdɒtəl) //
瓶子,飞沫,瓶口,瓶子里的东西
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the plug of half-smoked tobacco in the bottom of a pipe after smoking.
Examples
Raft considered the proposition for a moment, then he shook his head and tapped the dottle out of his pipe.
There was a stale dottle wedged in the bowl, and loathsome fumes resulted.
He tapped the dottle out of his pipe, picked up the bundle, and rose grumbling.
He knocked out the dottle of his pipe on one of the andirons.
Jean knocks the dottle out of his pipe, refills and relights.
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