stub something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto stop a cigarette from burning by pressing the end of it against something 把〔香烟〕捻灭stub out• Coughing, Mate stubbed his cigar out before starting to fiddle with the equipment.• Lili had already smoked three cigarettes and stubbed them out in her saucer, devil-may-care, and Mrs Monro had said nothing.• And some one had just stubbed a cigarette out in Niki's cake.
→ stub something ↔ out at stub2(2)