toffee

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɒfi/    美 /ˈtɔfi/|/ˈtɑfi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of chewy confectionery made by boiling sugar (or treacle, etc) with butter or milk, then cooling the mixture so that it becomes hard. uncountable
  2. A small, individual piece of toffee. countable
    — The tin is 6½ in. high and 4 in. in diameter, and has a domed snap-on lid with knob; it will hold 1 lb. of toffees.
  3. Any kind of sweets; candy. Northern-England,countable,uncountable
  4. Nonsense; rubbish. UK,slang,uncountable
    — What a load of old toffee!
动词 v.
  1. To coat in toffee. transitive
    — The plant will close and three-quarters of Britain's apple toffeeing capacity will lie idle.

词形变化

toffees plural taffy alternative toffy alternative toffees present,singular,third-person toffeeing participle,present toffeed participle,past toffeed past taffy alternative toffy alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
banoffee banoffee pie bonfire toffee cinder toffee easy as toffee English toffee for toffee honeycomb toffee maple toffee sponge toffee sticky toffee pudding toffee apple toffee-brown toffee-colored toffee-coloured toffee hammer toffeeish toffeelike Toffeeman toffee-nose toffee-nosed toffee paper toffee penny
相关词
butterscotch caramel fudge

词源

词源 1
An alteration of taffy.
词源 2
An alteration of taffy.
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