toffee

英 [ˈtɒfi]

美 [ˈtɑːfi]

n.  太妃糖; 乳脂糖

复数：toffees　

TEM8

BNC.15958 / COCA.26525

习惯用语

n.

can't do sth for toffee
• 做某事很糟糕；不能胜任某事
  if sb can't do sth for toffee , they are very bad at doing it
• He can't dance for toffee!
  他根本不会跳舞！

牛津词典

noun

• 太妃糖；乳脂糖
  a hard sticky sweet/candy made by heating sugar, butter and water together and allowing it to cool

柯林斯词典

• 太妃糖；奶糖
  Toffeeis a sticky sweet that you chew. It is made by boiling sugar and butter together with water.

in AM, use 美国英语用 taffy


• (一颗)太妃糖；(一块)奶糖
  Atoffeeis an individual piece of toffee.

英英释义

noun

• caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets
  Synonym:brittletoffy

双语例句

• When manufacturers started adding nuts, fruit, and toffee to their chocolate bars, chocolate found an even wider audience.
  巧克力制造商开始在巧克力棒中加入坚果、水果和太妃糖，喜爱吃巧克力的人更多了。
• 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。
• Slowly, traces of toffee, caramel and dusty leather emerge.
  慢慢地，太妃糖，焦糖和尘土飞扬的皮革痕迹出现。
• The toffee around the fruit remains sticky so that when a piece is picked up with chopsticks, flossy sugar is drawn out.
  水果表面的糖浆需要保持一定的粘性，这样在用筷子夹起的时候才会抽出如丝般的糖浆。
• It is recommended to apply with rose essence oil facial cream to get best effect. This is best served with whipped cream and/ or toffee sauce.
  为达到最佳效果，建议配合使用玫瑰精油面霜。配合鲜奶油和/或太妃酱一起食用的话，味道最佳。
• Then quite suddenly rain-clouds condensed over the whole globe. The mixture solidifies into toffee.
  后来，雨云一下子凝聚在大地的上空。这种混合物凝结之后就成了太妃糖。
• Determination of melamine in milk and toffee by capillary electrophoresis
  高效毛细管电泳法测定牛奶和奶糖中的三聚氰胺
• You surely don't think gorge could sing in public, do you? He can't sing for toffee!
  你肯定乔治不会在公开场合演唱，是吗？他根本不能唱！
• Plum, red and black fruits, toffee, chocolate, herbs.
  李子，红色和黑色水果，太妃糖，巧克力，草药。
• A beguiling mix of peat smoke, tangy lemon and lime, pepper and cinnamon-spiced toffee.
  揉合浓郁的煤烟、清爽的柠檬和青柠、辛辣的胡椒和掺杂玉桂辛香的太妃糖气味。