waffle

英 ['wɒfl] 美 ['wɑːfl]

• v. 闲聊；胡扯
• n. 废话；无聊的话
• n. 华夫饼干

英英释义

Noun:

1. pancake batter baked in a waffle iron

Verb:

1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;

   "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Hi.I like that waffle teepee that you have built.
   你好，我喜欢你做的华夫饼干小屋。
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.
   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。

经典引文

• The statement..is unusually blunt in comparison to the normal preference of..Ministers for waffle and equivocation.

  出自：Boardroom

• The denomination has waffled on such theological issues as the uniqueness of Christ.

  出自：Christianity Today

词汇搭配

• waffle iron 对开式铁心
• waffle pique 方格灯芯布
• waffle arm 张力调整臂
• waffle weave 蜂巢组织
• waffle cloth 蜂窝纹布
• waffle die 格状校平模
• waffle slab 格子板,网格板...
• waffle floor 网格式楼盖
• waffle on 唠叨,空话连篇...

近反义词

【近义词】

• gobbledegook 冗长的官样文章...
• flannel 法兰绒
• nonsense 废话
• rubbish 垃圾
• flimflam 胡说
• gobbledygook 官样文章
• go on 继续
• ramble 漫步
• blabber 多嘴的人
• babble 含糊不清地说...
• equivocate 说模棱两可的话...
• prevaricate 支吾其辞
• vacillate 游移不定
• beat about the bush 转弯抹角
• beat around the bush 旁敲侧击
• waver 动摇
• hesitate 犹豫