单词 | toffee |
释义 | toffee n. (also toffy) (pl. toffees or toffies)   1. a kind of firm or hard sweet softening when sucked or chewed, made by boiling sugar, butter, etc.   2. Brit. a small piece of this. Phrases and idioms for toffee sl. (prec. by can't etc.) (denoting incompetence) at all (they couldn't sing for toffee). toffee-apple an apple with a thin coating of toffee. toffee-nosed esp. Brit. sl. snobbish, pretentious. Etymology: earlier TAFFY |
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