toffee

TEM4畅通词汇

英 ['tɒfɪ] 美['tɔfi]

释义

n. 乳脂糖，太妃糖

词态变化

复数: toffees;

助记提示

1. 音译“太妃”-----太妃糖，一种乳脂糖。

英文词源

toffee: toffee: [19] Toffee is one of the mystery words of English. It is an alteration of an earlier taffy [19] (still current in American English), but where that came from is not known. The early 19thcentury spelling toughy suggests that it may have been derived from tough, in allusion to the sweet’s texture, but it is probably only a later folk-etymologizing rationalization. Another possibility is that it came from tafia ‘rumlike drink made from molasses’ [18], an alteration of ratafia [17], which was of West Indian Creole origin.
toffee (n.): 1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dialectal variant of taffy. Modern spelling recorded by 1843.

双语例句

5. I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money.: 为了把钱省下来,我不肯把太妃糖和甜饼分给别人.

英英释意

实用场景例句

You surely don't think Gorge could sing in public, do you? He can't sing for toffee!: 你肯定乔治不会在公开场合演唱, 是吗 ?他根本不能唱!

Reason: Everton mints , produced in the Liverpool district of Everton, are a popular mint toffee.: 原因: 利物浦市埃弗顿区有一家制糖厂做的薄荷味太妃糖很受欢迎.

Just like granny rewarding you a Toffee for eating all your tropical fruit.: 就象外婆用传统的太妃奶糖奖励你吃了所有的热带水果.

Harry decided to humor Fred by acting like he was grossed out by the toffee.: 哈利假装吃下吹舌太妃糖,让弗雷高兴一下.

I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money.: 为了把钱省下来,我不肯把太妃糖和甜饼分给别人.

词组搭配

(Brit. informal)be totally incompetent at doing something

(英，非正式)完全不能胜任某事，干不来某事

Jill said I couldn't sing for toffee.
吉尔说我一点都不会唱歌。