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waffle

noun
🔊/ˈwɒfl/
🔊/ˈwɑːfl/
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  1. [countable] a dry, flat cake with a pattern of squares on both sides, often eaten with sweet sauce, cream, etc. on top华夫饼，蛋奶烘饼（两面有方块图案，常涂以糖浆、奶油等）
    • a waffle iron (= for making waffles with)蛋奶烘饼烤模
    Topics Foodc2
  2. [uncountable] (British English, informal) language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting胡扯；废话连篇
    • The report is just full of waffle.这份报告只是一大堆废话。🔊🔊
    • You have to sit through a lot of waffle about procedures.您必须对程序进行大量的研究。
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 mid 18th cent.: from Dutch wafel; compare with wafer. noun sense 2 late 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dialect waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.

waffle

verb
🔊/ˈwɒfl/
🔊/ˈwɑːfl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they waffle
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🔊/ˈwɑːfl/
he / she / it waffles
🔊/ˈwɒflz/
🔊/ˈwɑːflz/
past simple waffled
🔊/ˈwɒfld/
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past participle waffled
🔊/ˈwɒfld/
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-ing form waffling
🔊/ˈwɒflɪŋ/
🔊/ˈwɑːflɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] waffle (on) (about something) (British English, informal, disapproving) to talk or write using a lot of words but without saying anything interesting or important胡扯；耍贫嘴；絮叨；胡写
    • 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。🔊🔊
    • If you want to sound professional—don’t waffle.如果您想听起来专业，那就不要胡扯。
  2. [intransitive] waffle (on/over something) (North American English, informal) to be unable to decide what to do about something or what you think about something拿不定主意；三心二意
    • 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。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originverb late 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘yap, yelp’): frequentative of dialect waff ‘yelp’, of imitative origin.