waffle
美 [ˈwʌf(ə)l] 
英 [ˈwɒf(ə)l]
- v.〈非正式〉胡扯；发表模棱两可的观点
- n.华夫饼；〈非正式〉废话
- 网络松饼；华夫饼干；华夫格
词形变化
复数：waffles 现在分词：waffling 过去式：waffled 同义词
英汉双解
1. | [c] 华夫饼，蛋奶烘饼（两面有方块图案，常涂以糖浆、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) 蛋奶烘饼烤模 |
2. | [u]
胡扯；废话连篇language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting |
| The report is just full of waffle. 这份报告只是一大堆废话。 |
1. | [i]
~ (on) (about sth) 胡扯；耍贫嘴；絮叨；胡写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. 校长絮絮叨叨地谈着考试结果，但是谁也没有听进去。 |
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. 人们指责参议员在主要问题上立场模糊。 |
英汉解释
n. | |
v. | 1. 发表模棱两可的观点,避免直接提出自己的观点,持暧昧态度,主要用于美式英语 |
英英解释
例句
Even agnostics, who claim to have no opinion on God, may be persuaded that their position is an untenable waffle.
即便是对上帝之存在不置可否的不可知论者，也可能会被说服，认为他们所持的观点是站不住脚的胡言乱语。
Count me out for the banana split. I think I'll go for a triple scoop of chocolate surprise in a waffle cone.
别把香蕉船算我那份里，我想我还是想点份三克巧克力华夫饼蛋卷冰激凌吧。
Copies of this unit can be joined to form a crystal that extends like a waffle in two dimensions.
在二维平面将许多这种单位连接起来后，可以形成像是威化饼的晶体构造。
The senator was hospitalized for the next six months, suspended immobile in a frame that resembled a waffle iron.
接下来的半年，参议员都在医院中度过，他被悬挂固定在一个类似对开式铁板的框架上。
But Tom then goes on to waffle about leadership, strong government (and the lack of it), inflation, currency matters.
但汤姆却接着胡扯什么领导能力，强有力的政府（以及没有强有力的政府），通胀以及货币等问题。
Dunst may not like the score, but she definitely likes waffle fries.
邓斯特或许不喜欢这个分数，但她绝对喜欢华夫饼。
In his application he described his invention as being "like a waffle iron and producing several small pastry cups with sloping sides. "
在专利申请书中他这样描述他的发明：“就像一个能够制作出带有斜纹花边的杯状小糕点的对开式铁心。”
(To man) Let's see . You want orange juice , bacon and eggs , and buttered toast. (To woman) And a waffle and coffee . Right?
我们来看看，你要柳橙汁、火腿蛋和奶油土司。一份鸡蛋饼跟咖啡，对吗？
The report looks impressive but it's really nothing but waffle.
这个报告看上去不错，其实就是一派胡扯。
As near as I can tell that fabric was a sort of waffle-weave.
照我说，那是一种方格纹织物。
At the time, there was plenty of childish waffle about sex as a liberating and radical activity.
那时，作为一种自由的和激进的性解放运动引起了众多评论。
Even if waffle weave towels are slow to take off in the U. S. , they may be exerting an influence on terry towels.
尽管华夫格织毛巾尚未在美国市场一鸣惊人，它们却可能已对毛巾布产生影响。
To get around this natural tendency to waffle, something stronger is called for.
要避免这种言之无物的自然倾向，必须找到更强有力的办法。
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.
据说在当时的圣路易斯博览会上还有50种左右的冰淇淋和大量的奶蛋格子饼商店。
Despite some earnest waffle about addressing the long-term fiscal challenge, Mr Obama has been short on specifics.
尽管解决长期财政挑战措施中不乏热切的空谈，但奥巴马缺乏细节操作。
for your waffle house? - Oh, that would be nice.
我能帮你的松饼屋盖糖浆泳池-那是不错啦……
Mr Carroll and a handful of other presenters broadcast from studios lined with waffle foam .
卡洛尔和其他一些授课者从装有塑料泡沫材料的录音棚进行播音。
Here, here! |By the waffle with the sun glasses!
在戴太阳眼镜的蛋奶松饼旁边！
Asked about energy, Gordon Brown has tended to waffle on about his (unfulfilled) ambitions for renewable energy.
在被问及能源时，戈登•布朗总愿意大谈特谈他的（未实现的）可再生能源抱负。
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·麦克罗伊是一位南加利福尼亚州的火灾和营救主管，当他离开“闲聊屋”旅店的时候正好碰上两个人在枪战。
Japanese towel makers have developed the technology to make less expensive, functional waffle weave bath towels.
日本毛巾厂商已经研发出制作价格较低而且有实用的华夫格织浴巾的技术。
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.
我们有非常迷你的山羊奶酪比萨饼，就像煎蛋饼一样，真的非常小。上面有不同类型的奶酪。
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.
一些其他的应聘者并没有运用此模型，他们多少会离题胡扯一点，有点信息过量。
Available in waffle-pack and tape-and-reel packaging, samples and production quantities of the VSMP series of resistors are available now.
目前，采用叠片包装和带盘式包装的这些新型VSMP系列电阻的样品及量产批量均可提供。
BRS 1000 carbon rubber and injected Waffle Grip outsole combine for a light yet durable tr action pattern.
进军1000个碳橡胶和注入登上着船外抓地力相结合，为轻，持久耐用的牵引模式。
"Waffle trainers, red with the white swoosh. I put them on and . . . " he trails off.
“它是双华夫运动跑鞋，红白相间的面儿。我穿上之后……”他就这样打开了话匣子。
LONG STORY: Extend retro-inspired silhouettes in thermal, waffle knits for extra comfort on cold winter nights.
娓娓道来：在温暖的华夫格针织保暖内衣里尽情舒展复古般迷人身段吧，给寒冷冬夜平添几分惬意。
Just think of all the extra waste paper generated when messages containing such waffle are printed.
试想想，信息中含有多余的话句，还被打印出来了，多浪费纸张啊。
Pop a frozen waffle or pancake into the toaster and top it with warm applesauce and cinnamon. Too easy, huh?
把夹心饼和煎饼放进那烤面包机然后在顶端放进一些苹果酱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.
烤华夫饼干，番茄片放在饼干上，洒一点胡椒粉和盐。
You'll do fine as long as you don't waffle.
你只要不随意攀谈就会足够好了。
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温暖和华夫格织睡衣在厚、保温纺织品。
No "healthy" frozen whole grain waffle should have hydrogenated oils. Ever.
健康的速冻全谷物面包里是不应该含有氢化油的。
When you pop a frozen waffle into the toaster , electrical energy turns into heat energy.
当你取出一块冷冻饼放进烤面包器时，电能转化成了热能。
Ribbed crew neckline with attached drawstring hood lined in soft waffle-knit cotton.
船员附有拉绳罩罗纹领口内衬软华夫格针织棉。
Whereas in business, alas, waffle and bullshit have become the gold standard.
唉，然而在工作中，模糊其辞和胡说八道都已成了黄金定律。
In fact, most new members rarely speak; officials report that there is much less waffle in enlarged EU meetings.
事实上，大多数新成员国很少发言，官员们称，在扩大的欧盟会议上空泛的长篇大论已经少了很多。
From the first shocked vacillations between wobble and waffle, western rhetoric has become more assured.
西方人的辞令从一开始因震惊而闪烁其辞，到变得越来越坚定。
If you do not have a waffle iron, just use a fry pan and cook like a pancake.
若没有华夫铁板，可用煎锅代替，象做薄烤饼那样。
I ask him a question but he just go waffle on.
我问他一个问题，可他就是胡扯个没完。
