Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. 就在汽车开走的时候,泰勒先生冲了出来,紧追贼车,一边投掷烟灰缸和花瓶,但要逮到这伙窃贼是不可能的了。
He parked his cigar in an ashtray. 他把雪茄放在烟灰缸里。
ashtray
[ noun ] a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes <noun.artifact>
Handpicked and highly trained, they are said in the industry to be able to "sell an ashtray," says Hemant Shah, an analyst for Nomura Securities International Inc. who previously worked as a drug detail man for another company.
The drawings include a shredded corporate lawyer as part of a ticker-tape parade, a management lawyer who becomes a time-card punch for hard-hat construction workers and a tobacco company's lawyer who becomes an ashtray.
In his office, Mr. Chanturia grinds out a Camel cigarette in an ashtray, takes a drink from a green can of Heineken beer and crushes the can. "We know not only that Gamsakhurdia is a fascist, but that for 13 years he has worked for the KGB," he says.
At the black market rate of 2,000 kwanza per dollar, the cigarettes and pop cost less than $1 each, and the ashtray is a steal at less than $3.