a kind of firm or hard sweet which softens when sucked or chewed, made by boiling together sugar and butter, often with other ingredients or flavourings added
乳脂糖,太妃糖。
[count noun]a small shaped piece of such a sweet
乳脂糖果,太妃糖果。
〈英, 非正式,旧〉 胡说,废话
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his wife swallowed this load of old toffee .他妻子忍受着这一大堆老套的混账话。
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not be able to do something for toffee Brit. informal be totally incompetent at doing something 〈英,非正式〉 完全不能胜任某事,干不来某事Jill said I couldn't sing for toffee . 吉尔说我一点都不会唱歌
"early 19th cent.: alteration of