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ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjective British English informal PROUDa toffee-nosed person thinks that they are better than other people because of their social position – used to show disapproval 势利的;好摆架子的,自命不凡的〔含贬义〕Examples from the Corpustoffee-nosed• I thought he was a very toffee-nosed man, a good draughtsman in a commercial sort of way, very accurate of course.ˈtoffee-ˌnosed adjectiveChineseSyllable thinks they a better other Corpus person toffee-nosed that are than |