toffee: [19] Toffee is one of the mystery words of English. It is an alteration of an earlier taffy [19] (still current in American English), but where that came from is not known. The early 19thcentury spelling toughy suggests that it may have been derived from tough, in allusion to the sweet’s texture, but it is probably only a later folk-etymologizing rationalization. Another possibility is that it came from tafia ‘rumlike drink made from molasses’ [18], an alteration of ratafia [17], which was of West Indian Creole origin.
toffee (n.)
1825, tuffy, toughy, southern British dialectal variant of taffy. Modern spelling recorded by 1843.
雙語例句
1. The mixture will solidify into toffee.
這種混合物凝固后就成了太妃糖。
來自《權威詞典》
2. The special treat was to eat maple toffee after meal.
好的享受還是午飯過后吃楓糖太妃.
來自辭典例句
3. The toffee was smooth and delicious.
這種太妃糖吃起來鮮美可口.
來自辭典例句
4. She poked a toffee into my mouth.
她把一塊太妃糖塞進我的口中.
來自辭典例句
5. I wouldn't go halves in the toffee and gingerbread on purpose to save the money.