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[一服] **smoke【C】《略式》[通例 a ~] (タバコの)一服, 喫煙∥ have [take] a smoke 一服するwhiff【C】[通例 a ~] (タバコの)一服∥ take [have] a whiff タバコを一服吸う.II[一幅] ¶→一幅の絵一幅
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一服
a dose
a puff
a smoke
lull
short rest* * *Iいっぷく【一幅】¶ → 一幅の絵IIいっぷく【一服】**smoke〖C〗《略式》[通例 a ~] (タバコの)一服, 喫煙have [take] a smoke 一服する
whiff〖C〗[通例 a ~] (タバコの)一服take [have] a whiff タバコを一服吸う.
* * *Iいっぷく【一服】1 〔薬の〕 a dose.●薬を 1 日 3 回一服ずつ飲む take a dose of medicine three times a day.
2 〔茶の〕 a cup of tea.~する have a cup of tea.●腰を下ろしてお茶をゆっくりと一服した. We sat down over a leisurely cup of tea.
●彼女は美しい手つきで一服の茶をたてた. Her hands moved gracefully as she stirred up a traditional cup of tea.
●お茶でも一服召しあがっていらっしゃいませんか. Won't you have a cup of tea (with us [before you go])?
3 〔たばこの〕 a smoke; a puff; a whiff; a drag.~する have a smoke [puff].●ちょっと外で一服してきます. I'll just go outside and grab a smoke.
・一服しようと思ったがマッチがなかった. I thought I'd have a cigarette but I didn't have any matches.
●たばこに火をつけて寝起きの一服を吸った. I lit up a cigarette and had my first smoke of the morning.
・彼は最初の一服をゆっくり吸い込んだ. He slowly inhaled the first puff.
●彼は彼女にたばこを差し出し一服勧めた. He held out the cigarettes toward her and offered her one.
・一服いかがです. Care for a smoke [cigarette]?
4 〔ひと休み〕 a rest; 〔仕事の一時中断〕 a break; (お茶やたばこをのみながらの) 《take》 a tea [cigarette] break.~する rest; break; have [take] a rest [break]; 《米》 《俗》 take five [ten].●このへんで一服しようか. What do you say we take a break now?
・そこの喫茶店でちょっと一服して行きませんか. Why don't we stop in at that café and have a breather?
・ちょっとロビーで一服してるから, 何かあったら呼んでください. I'll be taking a break down in the lobby, so if anything happens, call me.
5 【相場】 a lull; a calm market.~する●(株式の)買いが一服した. There was a lull in (stock) buying.
一服の清涼剤 a tonic; a dose of something that refreshes.●休憩時間に聞くモーツァルトの音楽は私にとって一服の清涼剤だ. For me, listening to Mozart during my break [the rest period] is a real tonic.
一服盛る administer a dose of poison.●彼の死因は謎に包まれているが, 一服盛られたのだという説が有力だ. The cause of his death remains shrouded in mystery, but the prevailing theory is that he was slipped a dose of poison.
II・そんなことばかりしているとだれかに一服盛られるぞ. You keep on doing that and you're going to have someone slip you a fatal dose.
いっぷく【一幅】〔書画の掛け物を数える言葉〕●一幅掛け ⇒いっぷくがけ.
●その光景はさながら一幅の絵巻物である. The scene looks just like what you'd find on a picture scroll.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.