taffy

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.

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.

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

塔拉在她的茶中加了两匙糖.

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.

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

不断地拉长反复地拉伸 ( 例如,太妃糖 )