toffee-nosed

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Snobbish, condescending or aloof. Ireland,UK
    — Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer. Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.

词形变化

more toffee-nosed comparative most toffee-nosed superlative

词源

Probably from toff or from toffee-nose + -ed.
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