toffee
英 ['tɒfɪ]
美 ['tɔfi]
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
- 1. The mixture will solidify into toffee.
- 这种混合物凝固后就成了太妃糖。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. The special treat was to eat maple toffee after meal.
- 好的享受还是午饭过后吃枫糖太妃.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The toffee was smooth and delicious.
- 这种太妃糖吃起来鲜美可口.
来自辞典例句
- 4. She poked a toffee into my mouth.
- 她把一块太妃糖塞进我的口中.
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句