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a toff
toff 是英式非正式名词，指上流社会或有钱的人，常含戏谑意味。
The man at the party was a toff.
聚会上的那个人是个阔佬。
有钱人；阔佬；上流社会人士
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
有钱人；阔佬；上流社会人士
an informal word for a person who is upper-class or wealthy
The man at the party was a toff.
聚会上的那个人是个阔佬。
非正式用词
花花公子；有钱人
n. informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person
He behaves like a toff, with his expensive suits and polished shoes.
他穿着昂贵的西装和锃亮的皮鞋，表现得像个有钱人。
The local toffs complained about the new bus route.
当地的阔佬们抱怨新开的公交线路。
She called him a toff because he went to a private school.
她叫他阔佬，因为他上的是私立学校。
toff 是英式非正式名词，指上流社会或有钱的人，常含戏谑意味。
The man at the party was a toff.
聚会上的那个人是个阔佬。
不加冠词的复数形式可泛指整个有钱人群体。
Toffs often have a very different way of speaking.
阔佬们说话的方式往往很不一样。
用定冠词加复数特指某一群上流社会人士。
The toffs in the village treated us coldly.
村里那些阔佬对我们很冷淡。
Not this
He is very toff.
Use this
He is very posh.
toff 是名词，意为“上流社会人士”，不能用作形容词；表示“时髦、高级”时应用形容词 posh。
Not this
He is a tough from an old family.
Use this
He is a toff from an old family.
tough 与 toff 拼写相近但含义不同：tough 意为“坚韧的”或“恶棍”，而 toff 意为“上流社会人士”，此处应写 toff。
Not this
They are all toff in that club.
Use this
They are all toffs in that club.
toff 是可数名词，复数形式必须加 -s，表示“多个上流社会人士”时为 toffs。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
打扮时髦的阔佬
The pub was full of posh toffs in tweed jackets.
酒吧里满是身穿粗花呢夹克、打扮时髦的阔佬。
自命不凡的阔佬
He's a stuck-up toff who never says hello to his neighbours.
他是个自命不凡的阔佬，从来不跟邻居打招呼。
上流社会人士；有钱人
The toffs always expect special treatment.
那些上流社会人士总是指望得到特殊待遇。
那些公子哥儿和权贵们每天傍晚都去兰贝斯，只为看那些平民百姓。
This line is from 'The Lambeth Walk', a hit song from the 1937 musical Me and My Girl, where wealthy Londoners are shown slumming it in a working-class neighborhood.
这句歌词出自1937年音乐剧《我和我的女孩》中的热门歌曲《兰贝斯的步伐》，描写伦敦的有钱人到劳工阶级街区体验生活。
Use toff naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 toff 里的 ff 看成两枚金币，看到 toff 就想到穿着体面、出手阔绰的有钱花花公子。
语域：informal 常见场景：英式口语闲聊、调侃有钱人或上流社会人士时 这是一个英式非正式用语，通常带有调侃或轻微贬义，多用于日常口语，不适用于正式书面语。
非正式用语。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.