smoke

smoke out

1. 查出, 找出

The old war criminal was at last smoked out from his hiding place abroad.

这个老战犯终于被人从他在国外的藏匿处查了出来。

go up in smoke

1. 被烧光; 化为乌有

He saw his life savings go up in smoke when the stock market crashed.

股市崩盘后, 他眼看毕生积蓄化为乌有。

Hundreds of valuable books had gone up in smoke.

数以百计的珍贵图书化为了灰烬。