nargile [
'na:gili]
n. 水烟筒;纳尔吉尔(阿拉伯水烟)
- Tourists relax in a nargile (hookah, shisha) den in Beirut.
贝鲁特,在阿拉伯水烟房里休息的游客。
Nargile \Nar"gile\, Nargileh \Nar"gi*leh\, n. [Per.
n[=a]rgh[=i]l, prop., a cocoanut; prob. so called because
first made of a cocoanut.]
An apparatus for smoking tobacco. It has a long flexible
tube, and the smoke is drawn through water. Also called
{hoookah} and {water pipe}. Functionally similar to the
{hubble-bubble}, a simplified form.
[1913 Webster +PJC]