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Nicotine is a chemical inside tobacco. It is the main reason smoking is so hard to give up: the body starts to want it, and without it people feel restless, angry, or low for a while. It is not the smoke and it is not tar; those are other parts of a cigarette. You can also meet nicotine in some gums, patches, and vapes, which is why those can still hold a person even when there is no smoke. The word came into English from French. It was named after Jean Nicot, a French man who sent tobacco seeds from Portugal to France in 1561. The ending -ine is a common chemical ending. The surname Nicot itself is older, and we do not have a clear story for that part.
From the word’s history
From French nicotine, after Jean Nicot, who sent tobacco seeds to France in 1561.
以 Jean Nicot 命名，他在 1561 年把菸草種子送回法國。
組成Borrowed from French nicotine, built as Nicot (Jean Nicot, who sent tobacco seeds to France in 1561) + -ine (a chemical ending). The surname Nicot itself has no clear origin.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
nicotinenoun/ˈnɪkətiːn/
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chemistrynatural-sciencesorganic-chemistryAn alkaloid (C₁₀H₁₄N₂), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant.
- She is addicted to nicotine.
- The nicotine in tobacco has been held to produce anaphrodisiac effects, in spite of such literary commendation as J.M. Barrie's My Lady Nicotine.
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Tobacco or cigarettes.
- He's got nicotine stains on his fingers.
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