| 释义 |
Smarties, n. pl.|ˈsmɑːtɪz|
Also s-.
A proprietary name for candy-covered milk chocolate buttons in a variety of colours.
1939Trade Marks Jrnl. 8 Nov. 1496/1 Smarties..chocolate confectionery. 1954G. Greene in Twenty-One Stories 221 ‘I got some chocolates,’ Mr Thomas said... He handed over three packets of Smarties. 1962Times 29 Jan. 13/5 The children insisted on a dolls' tea party... Yes, I did have it with food..teensy weensy plates of currants, chopped up smarties and sugar lumps. 1965Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 Jan. tm157/1 Smarties..for Candy. First use Apr. 17, 1950. 1978R. Westall Devil on Road x. 62 She'd even knocked the tin of vitamin-pills over one night and started scoffing them like Smarties. 1988Times on Sunday (Austral.) (Suppl.) 6 Mar. 25/1 He approached words like a child approaching an overturned truck that had spilled its load of Smarties. |