taffy

• n. 太妃糖；威尔士人

来自 toffee 的原拼写形式，词源不详。

taffy (n.)

coarse candy made from sugar or molasses boiled down and cooled, 1817, related to toffee, but of uncertain origin; perhaps associated with tafia (1763), a rum-like alcoholic liquor distilled from molasses, presumably of West Indian or Malay origin (perhaps a Creole shortening of ratafia). On this theory, the candy would have been made from the syrup skimmed off the liquor during distillation.

Taffy

characteristic name of a Welshman, c. 1700, from Teifi, Welsh form of Davy (see David).

1. The rod is then heated and pulled like taffy into a fiber.

然后将这根棒加热并像太妃糖一样被拉成一根纤维.

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2. After fasting for three days, the fever abated and he felt as limp as taffy.

饿了三天, 火气降下去,身上软得像皮糖似的.

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3. Tara takes two teaspoons of taffy in her tea.

塔拉在她的茶中加了两匙糖.

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4. They were just giving him taffy but he did not know.

他们只是在向他献媚,可是他一点也不知道.

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5. To stretch ( taffy, for example ) repeatedly.

不断地拉长反复地拉伸 ( 例如,太妃糖 )

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