waffle
美 [?w?f(?)l] 
英 [?w?f(?)l]
- v.〈非正式〉胡扯；發表模棱兩可的觀點
- n.華夫餅；〈非正式〉廢話
- 網絡松餅；華夫餅干；華夫格
詞形變化
復數：waffles 現在分詞：waffling 過去式：waffled 同義詞
英漢雙解
1. | [c] 華夫餅，蛋奶烘餅（兩面有方塊圖案，常涂以糖漿、奶油等）a crisp flat cake with a pattern of squares on both sides, often eaten with sweet sauce, cream, etc. on top |
| a waffle iron(= for making waffles with) 蛋奶烘餅烤模 |
2. | [u]
胡扯；廢話連篇language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting |
| The report is just full of waffle. 這份報告只是一大堆廢話。 |
1. | [i]
~ (on) (about sth) 胡扯；耍貧嘴；絮叨；胡寫to talk or write using a lot of words but without saying anything interesting or important |
| The principal waffled on about exam results but no one was listening. 校長絮絮叨叨地談著考試結果，但是誰也沒有聽進去。 |
2. | [i]
~ (on/over sth) 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 |
| The senator was accused of waffling on major issues. 人們指責參議員在主要問題上立場模糊。 |
英漢解釋
n. | |
v. | 1. 發表模棱兩可的觀點,避免直接提出自己的觀點,持曖昧態度,主要用于美式英語 |
英英解釋
例句
Even agnostics, who claim to have no opinion on God, may be persuaded that their position is an untenable waffle.
即便是對上帝之存在不置可否的不可知論者，也可能會被說服，認為他們所持的觀點是站不住腳的胡言亂語。
Count me out for the banana split. I think I'll go for a triple scoop of chocolate surprise in a waffle cone.
別把香蕉船算我那份里，我想我還是想點份三克巧克力華夫餅蛋卷冰激凌吧。
Copies of this unit can be joined to form a crystal that extends like a waffle in two dimensions.
在二維平面將許多這種單位連接起來后，可以形成像是威化餅的晶體構造。
The senator was hospitalized for the next six months, suspended immobile in a frame that resembled a waffle iron.
接下來的半年，參議員都在醫院中度過，他被懸掛固定在一個類似對開式鐵板的框架上。
But Tom then goes on to waffle about leadership, strong government (and the lack of it), inflation, currency matters.
但湯姆卻接著胡扯什么領導能力，強有力的政府（以及沒有強有力的政府），通脹以及貨幣等問題。
Dunst may not like the score, but she definitely likes waffle fries.
鄧斯特或許不喜歡這個分數，但她絕對喜歡華夫餅。
In his application he described his invention as being "like a waffle iron and producing several small pastry cups with sloping sides. "
在專利申請書中他這樣描述他的發明：“就像一個能夠制作出帶有斜紋花邊的杯狀小糕點的對開式鐵心。”
(To man) Let's see . You want orange juice , bacon and eggs , and buttered toast. (To woman) And a waffle and coffee . Right?
我們來看看，你要柳橙汁、火腿蛋和奶油土司。一份雞蛋餅跟咖啡，對嗎？
The report looks impressive but it's really nothing but waffle.
這個報告看上去不錯，其實就是一派胡扯。
As near as I can tell that fabric was a sort of waffle-weave.
照我說，那是一種方格紋織物。
At the time, there was plenty of childish waffle about sex as a liberating and radical activity.
那時，作為一種自由的和激進的性解放運動引起了眾多評論。
Even if waffle weave towels are slow to take off in the U. S. , they may be exerting an influence on terry towels.
盡管華夫格織毛巾尚未在美國市場一鳴驚人，它們卻可能已對毛巾布產生影響。
To get around this natural tendency to waffle, something stronger is called for.
要避免這種言之無物的自然傾向，必須找到更強有力的辦法。
It has been noted that there were around fifty ice cream stands at that Fair in St. Louis and a large number of waffle shops.
據說在當時的圣路易斯博覽會上還有50種左右的冰淇淋和大量的奶蛋格子餅商店。
Despite some earnest waffle about addressing the long-term fiscal challenge, Mr Obama has been short on specifics.
盡管解決長期財政挑戰措施中不乏熱切的空談，但奧巴馬缺乏細節操作。
for your waffle house? - Oh, that would be nice.
我能幫你的松餅屋蓋糖漿泳池-那是不錯啦……
Mr Carroll and a handful of other presenters broadcast from studios lined with waffle foam .
卡洛爾和其他一些授課者從裝有塑料泡沫材料的錄音棚進行播音。
Here, here! |By the waffle with the sun glasses!
在戴太陽眼鏡的蛋奶松餅旁邊！
Asked about energy, Gordon Brown has tended to waffle on about his (unfulfilled) ambitions for renewable energy.
在被問及能源時，戈登?布朗總愿意大談特談他的（未實現的）可再生能源抱負。
Barry McRoy, a South Carolina fire and rescue director, was leaving a Waffle House restaurant when two men came in fighting over a gun.
巴里·麥克羅伊是一位南加利福尼亞州的火災和營救主管，當他離開“閑聊屋”旅店的時候正好碰上兩個人在槍戰。
Japanese towel makers have developed the technology to make less expensive, functional waffle weave bath towels.
日本毛巾廠商已經研發出制作價格較低而且有實用的華夫格織浴巾的技術。
We have a very mini goat cheese pizza, it's like an egg-o-waffle, and it's really, really small. It has different kinds of cheeses on it.
我們有非常迷你的山羊奶酪比薩餅，就像煎蛋餅一樣，真的非常小。上面有不同類型的奶酪。
Some of the other candidates didn't answer in this way. They tended to waffle a little bit - maybe give a little too much information.
一些其他的應聘者并沒有運用此模型，他們多少會離題胡扯一點，有點信息過量。
Available in waffle-pack and tape-and-reel packaging, samples and production quantities of the VSMP series of resistors are available now.
目前，采用疊片包裝和帶盤式包裝的這些新型VSMP系列電阻的樣品及量產批量均可提供。
BRS 1000 carbon rubber and injected Waffle Grip outsole combine for a light yet durable tr action pattern.
進軍1000個碳橡膠和注入登上著船外抓地力相結合，為輕，持久耐用的牽引模式。
"Waffle trainers, red with the white swoosh. I put them on and . . . " he trails off.
“它是雙華夫運動跑鞋，紅白相間的面兒。我穿上之后……”他就這樣打開了話匣子。
LONG STORY: Extend retro-inspired silhouettes in thermal, waffle knits for extra comfort on cold winter nights.
娓娓道來：在溫暖的華夫格針織保暖內衣里盡情舒展復古般迷人身段吧，給寒冷冬夜平添幾分愜意。
Just think of all the extra waste paper generated when messages containing such waffle are printed.
試想想，信息中含有多余的話句，還被打印出來了，多浪費紙張啊。
Pop a frozen waffle or pancake into the toaster and top it with warm applesauce and cinnamon. Too easy, huh?
把夾心餅和煎餅放進那烤面包機然后在頂端放進一些蘋果醬和肉桂油太容易了吧，呵呵！
Toast the waffle. Place it on the plate. Arrange the tomato slices on the waffle. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
烤華夫餅干，番茄片放在餅干上，灑一點胡椒粉和鹽。
You'll do fine as long as you don't waffle.
你只要不隨意攀談就會足夠好了。
NICE & TOASTY: Stay warm on cold winter nights with waffle knit pajamas in thick, thermal textiles.
好、烘烤：在寒冷的冬天的晚上保持溫暖和華夫格織睡衣在厚、保溫紡織品。
No "healthy" frozen whole grain waffle should have hydrogenated oils. Ever.
健康的速凍全谷物面包里是不應該含有氫化油的。
When you pop a frozen waffle into the toaster , electrical energy turns into heat energy.
當你取出一塊冷凍餅放進烤面包器時，電能轉化成了熱能。
Ribbed crew neckline with attached drawstring hood lined in soft waffle-knit cotton.
船員附有拉繩罩羅紋領口內襯軟華夫格針織棉。
Whereas in business, alas, waffle and bullshit have become the gold standard.
唉，然而在工作中，模糊其辭和胡說八道都已成了黃金定律。
In fact, most new members rarely speak; officials report that there is much less waffle in enlarged EU meetings.
事實上，大多數新成員國很少發言，官員們稱，在擴大的歐盟會議上空泛的長篇大論已經少了很多。
From the first shocked vacillations between wobble and waffle, western rhetoric has become more assured.
西方人的辭令從一開始因震驚而閃爍其辭，到變得越來越堅定。
If you do not have a waffle iron, just use a fry pan and cook like a pancake.
若沒有華夫鐵板，可用煎鍋代替，象做薄烤餅那樣。
I ask him a question but he just go waffle on.
我問他一個問題，可他就是胡扯個沒完。
