Brit. informal <英, 非正式>
- derogatory a rich or upper-class person〈贬〉有钱人, 上流人士。
verb
be toffed up
- dated be smartly dressed〈旧〉精心打扮:
he was all toffed up in officer's broadcloth.
穿着军官的绒面呢装, 他打扮得很潇洒。
词源
mid 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of TUFT, used to denote a gold tassel worn on the cap by titled undergraduates at Oxford and Cambridge.