waffles

英 [ˈwɒflz]

美 [ˈwɑːflz]

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
waffle的第三人称单数和复数

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.

双语例句

• I still got waffles in the freezer.
  我的冰柜里还有些华夫饼干呢。
• What happened to gay waffles?
  和同志聊天的事怎么了？
• Together they had a noble breakfast, with waffles, and coffee not in exiguous cups but in large pots.
  他们一起吃了一顿丰盛的早餐，有蛋奶烘饼和咖啡，喝咖啡不用小杯，而用大瓷杯子。
• Dust the waffles with powdered sugar and fresh strawberries.
  洒上糖粉和鲜草莓一块上碟。
• Blacks who migrated north after the Civil War served African-spiced fried chicken with European waffles.
  内战之后迁移到北方的黑人把欧洲华夫饼和非洲五香炸鸡混合在了一起。
• Belgians and tourists stroll through Christmas markets that sell hot, spiced wine and Belgium's famous waffles.
  比利时本地居民和来自其他国家的游客们都聚集在圣诞集市上，这里销售着温热的红酒、还有比利时有名的烧饼。
• M: what do you usually have for breakfast? 1 pancakes or waffles?
  玛丽：早餐通常都吃什麽？煎饼还是烘饼？
• Would you like sugar or syrup for the waffles?
  女招待：华夫饼上放糖还是放糖浆？
• They are deep-fried waffles, topped with icing and multicoloured sprinkles.
  它们是油炸的华夫饼，表面加上糖衣和五颜六色的巧克力屑。
• How about a waffle, Miss? We make delicious waffles.
  小姐，来点鸡蛋饼好吗？我们做得十分美味可口。