chain-smoke

Verb

intransitive transitive

Japanese Meaning

前のタバコの吸い殻から次のタバコに火をつけながら、次々とタバコを吸う行為。 / 頻繁にタバコを吸う行為。

When stressed, she tends to chain-smoke until she feels calmer.

彼女はストレスを感じると、落ち着くまでたばこを次々と吸う傾向がある。

Sense（1）

(intransitive) To smoke cigarettes by continuously lighting one from the glowing end of the previous one.

Sense（2）

(intransitive) To smoke tobacco cigarettes frequently.

Sense（3）

(transitive) To smoke by continuously lighting one from another.

The two of them chain-smoked a dime bag's worth of marijuana.

chain-smokes

（ present singular third-person ）

chain-smoking

（ participle present ）

chain-smoked

（ participle past ）

chain-smoked

（ past ）