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toffee

noun
🔊/ˈtɒfi/
🔊/ˈtɑːfi/
 [uncountable, countable]Idioms
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  1. a sticky sweet made by heating sugar, butter and water together and allowing it to cool太妃糖；乳脂糖Topics Foodc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryToffee is used before these nouns:
    • apple
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    Word Originearly 19th cent.: alteration of taffy.
Idioms
can’t do something for toffee
  1. (British English, old-fashioned, informal) if somebody can’t do something for toffee, they are very bad at doing it做某事很糟糕；不能胜任某事
    • He can't dance for toffee!他根本不会跳舞！🔊🔊