waffle

英 [ˈwɒfl]

美 [ˈwɑːfl]

n.  华夫饼，蛋奶烘饼(两面有方块图案，常涂以糖浆、奶油等); 胡扯; 废话连篇
v.  胡扯; 耍贫嘴; 絮叨; 胡写; 拿不定主意; 三心二意

现在分词：waffling　复数：waffles　第三人称单数：waffles　过去式：waffled　过去分词：waffled　

GRE计算机

Collins.1 / BNC.22433 / COCA.13320

短语动词

牛津词典

noun

• 华夫饼，蛋奶烘饼（两面有方块图案，常涂以糖浆、奶油等）
  a crisp flat cake with a pattern of squares on both sides, often eaten with sweet sauce, cream, etc. on top
  1. a waffle iron (= for making waffles with)
     蛋奶烘饼烤模
• 胡扯；废话连篇
  language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting
  1. The report is just full of waffle.
     这份报告只是一大堆废话。

verb

• 胡扯；耍贫嘴；絮叨；胡写
  to talk or write using a lot of words but without saying anything interesting or important
  1. The principal waffled on about exam results but no one was listening.
     校长絮絮叨叨地谈着考试结果，但是谁也没有听进去。
• 拿不定主意；三心二意
  to be unable to decide what to do about sth or what you think about sth
  1. The senator was accused of waffling on major issues.
     人们指责参议员在主要问题上立场模糊。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 胡扯;胡说;废话连篇
  If you say that someonewaffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points.
  1. My wife often tells me I waffle...
     我妻子经常说我胡说八道。
  2. There was some bloke on the phone waffling about an airline ticket.
     电话里有个家伙在唠叨一张飞机票的事情。
  3. Waffle onmeans the same aswaffle.
     waffle on 同 waffle
  4. Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on...
     我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。
  5. That's all I had to say on the subject — we don't want to waffle on about it all day.
     这个问题我只想说这么多——我们不该一整天都为此废话。
  6. Waffleis also a noun.
     
  7. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.
     他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。
• VERB 犹豫不决;含糊其词
  If someonewaffleson an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it.
  1. He's waffled on abortion and gay rights...
     他在堕胎和同性恋权利问题上立场模糊。
  2. He kept waffling and finding excuses not to close the deal.
     他一直举棋不定，找出种种理由不予成交。
• 华夫饼
  Awaffleis a kind of square cake made of batter with squares marked on it. Waffles are usually eaten with syrup poured over them.

英英释义

noun

• pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

verb

• pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  1. Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
  Synonym:hesitatewaver

双语例句

• The Japanese towels have a more casual look than the elegant, traditional European waffle weave.
  比起高雅的传统欧式华夫格织布，日式毛巾的外观看来普通得多。
• Japanese towel makers have developed the technology to make less expensive, functional waffle weave bath towels.
  日本毛巾厂商已经研发出制作价格较低而且有实用的华夫格织浴巾的技术。
• It's way too late when he starts that old "It's not you, it's me" waffle.
  等到他开始对你说：“不是你的错，是我”这种老调时就太晚了。
• I ask him a question but he just go waffle on.
  我问他一个问题，可他就是胡扯个没完。
• If you do not have a waffle iron, just use a fry pan and cook like a pancake.
  若没有华夫铁板，可用煎锅代替，象做薄烤饼那样。
• When you pop a frozen waffle into the toaster, electrical energy turns into heat energy.
  当你取出一块冷冻饼放进烤面包器时，电能转化成了热能。
• The structural behavior of cellular voided slab was analyzed by finite element method, difference between cellular voided slab and ribbed or waffle slab was pointed out.
  采用有限元法对比分析了蜂窝式空心板的受力特点，指出了蜂窝式空心板与密肋楼板和井式楼板受力机理的不同。
• Yet all I have heard is ill-informed, meandering waffle.
  以及我所听到的一切，都是片面的，都是胡扯。
• The waffle thing, I gotta turn it off.
  华夫饼的事情，我要把微波炉关掉。
• My wife often tells me I waffle
  我妻子经常说我胡说八道。