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waffle v.闲聊；胡扯n.废话；无聊的话n.华夫饼干 (1) 你好，我喜欢你做的华夫饼干小屋。(2) 他讨厌人们拿走他用来盛装冰激淋的玻璃器皿，于是乎，他发明了华夫饼干用来装冰激淋。 The verb waffle seems to have its origins in the 1690s as the word waff, "to yelp," possibly in imitation of the yelping of dogs. The word soon came to mean "to talk foolishly" and then eventually "to vacillate, to change." The food term waffle, as part of "waffle iron," appeared in 1794, a descendant of the Dutch word wafel, which comes from the same Germanic source as weave: it's easy to see the waffle pattern as similar to a woven fabric.

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英 ['wɒfl] 美 ['wɑːfl] (1) Hi.I like that waffle teepee that you have built.(2) He also got fed up with people walking off with his glass containers and soon invented the editable waffle to hold the Ice cream. You might think of a waffle as a grid-patterned pancake-like food that's tasty with syrup, and you'd be right. But the word is also a verb that means to avoid making a definitive decision. 1[VERB 动词]胡扯；胡说；废话连篇 If you say that someone waffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points.   [V]  [V about n]  [V P]  [V P about n]  [disapproval]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]My wife often tells me I waffle...我妻子经常说我胡说八道。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。Waffle on means the same as waffle .waffle on 同 waffleWhenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on...我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。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。Waffle is also a noun.He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。2[VERB 动词]犹豫不决；含糊其词 If someone waffles on an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it.   [V on/about/over n]  [V]  [AM 美]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。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。wafflingStill, the administration, after some waffling, has now said that it will not stand in the way of Congress.政府犹豫再三后，还是表示不会阻止国会。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]华夫饼 A waffle is a kind of square cake made of batter with squares marked on it. Waffles are usually eaten with syrup poured over them.

英语单词	waffle
英美音标	英 ['wɒfl] 美 ['wɑːfl]
中文释义	v.闲聊；胡扯 n.废话；无聊的话 n.华夫饼干
英语例句	(1) Hi.I like that waffle teepee that you have built. (2) He also got fed up with people walking off with his glass containers and soon invented the editable waffle to hold the Ice cream.
中文例句	(1) 你好，我喜欢你做的华夫饼干小屋。 (2) 他讨厌人们拿走他用来盛装冰激淋的玻璃器皿，于是乎，他发明了华夫饼干用来装冰激淋。
vocabulary简明	You might think of a waffle as a grid-patterned pancake-like food that's tasty with syrup, and you'd be right. But the word is also a verb that means to avoid making a definitive decision.
vocabulary扩展	The verb waffle seems to have its origins in the 1690s as the word waff, "to yelp," possibly in imitation of the yelping of dogs. The word soon came to mean "to talk foolishly" and then eventually "to vacillate, to change." The food term waffle, as part of "waffle iron," appeared in 1794, a descendant of the Dutch word wafel, which comes from the same Germanic source as weave: it's easy to see the waffle pattern as similar to a woven fabric.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]胡扯；胡说；废话连篇 If you say that someone waffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points. [V] [V about n] [V P] [V P about n] [disapproval] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] My wife often tells me I waffle... 我妻子经常说我胡说八道。 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。 Waffle on means the same as waffle .waffle on 同 waffle Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on... 我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。 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。 Waffle is also a noun. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle. 他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。 2 [VERB 动词]犹豫不决；含糊其词 If someone waffles on an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it. [V on/about/over n] [V] [AM 美] 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。 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。 waffling Still, the administration, after some waffling, has now said that it will not stand in the way of Congress. 政府犹豫再三后，还是表示不会阻止国会。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]华夫饼 A waffle is a kind of square cake made of batter with squares marked on it. Waffles are usually eaten with syrup poured over them.

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