waffle

n.华夫饼；无聊、含糊的话

vi.胡扯

vt.唠叨

noun

1. 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
   1. a waffle iron (= for making waffles with)
      蛋奶烘饼烤模
2. 胡扯；废话连篇
   language that uses a lot of words but does not say anything important or interesting
   1. The report is just full of waffle.
      这份报告只是一大堆废话。

verb

1. 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
   1. 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. 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
   1. 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。

n. 华夫饼干；动听而无意义的话；无聊话 vi. 胡扯；闲聊

现在分词:waffling 名词复数形式:waffles 第三人称单数:waffles 过去式:waffled 过去分词:waffled

waffle 华夫饼，胡扯，唠叨waffle 胡扯，唠叨

词源同weave,编织，引申义蜂窝，因这种饼干蜂窝状的外形而得名。拟声词，狗叫，引申义胡扯，唠叨。

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. 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。
4. 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。
5. The Japanese towels have a more casual look than the elegant, traditional European waffle weave.
   比起高雅的传统欧式华夫格织布，日式毛巾的外观看来普通得多。
6. 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。
7. 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。
8. NOT all marriages are happy, but Alex Hernandez thinks that the union of a waffle and a doughnut will be.
   并不是所有的婚姻都是幸福的，但是亚历克斯·赫尔南德斯认为华夫饼和甜甜圈的组合会很幸福。
9. Jennifer: Well, your making cinnamon toast inspired me to go out and buy a waffle maker.
   珍妮花：你做的肉桂吐司激发我去买了一台松饼机。
10. It's the waffle house.
    这是“松饼屋”耶。
11. I'm happy that waffle house was okay with me coming here.
    我很高兴华芙屋快餐店同意我来。
12. Yet all I have heard is ill-informed, meandering waffle.
    以及我所听到的一切，都是片面的，都是胡扯。
13. 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。
14. Thick sweet waffle often eaten with ice cream or fruit sauce. I want to be on a tropical paradise being served pina coladas all day long.
    特甜的华夫饼干，常和冰淇淋或果汁一起食用。我要到一个热带乐园，整天喝冰镇果汁朗姆酒。
15. 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。
16. The structural behavior of cellular voided slab was analyzed by finite element method, difference between cellular voided slab and ribbed or waffle slab was pointed out.
    采用有限元法对比分析了蜂窝式空心板的受力特点，指出了蜂窝式空心板与密肋楼板和井式楼板受力机理的不同。
17. 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。
18. The waffle thing, I gotta turn it off.
    华夫饼的事情，我要把微波炉关掉。
19. He give her a look that you can have pour on a waffle.
    他注视她的神态，正如你或会倾注于蛋奶饼之上。
20. Keeping things short and sweet not only shows people that you are concise and don't waffle, but that you also know what you want.
    亲切简洁的语言彰显了你简明的个性，不仅不会被误认为是在胡扯，还让对方知道你是一个了解自己想要什么的人。
21. Have multi-axile fabrics, bead to cloth, double-sided cloth, a garment cloth, waffle and rib, etc.
    有平纹布、珠地布、双面布、位衣布、华夫格及罗纹等。
22. The Europeans and Japanese have figured out a way to make towels with a honeycombed, highly textured weave. This "waffle weave" creates more surface area for soaking up water.
    欧洲人和日本人已想到一种方法，可以用一种织地细密、纹路呈蜂巢状的织法来做毛巾，这种“华夫格织法”创造了更多吸水空间。
23. They are available in waffle pack or tape-and-reel packaging.
    它们均采用叠片包装和带盘式包装。
24. 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。
25. Listen, we'll have a waffle hot dog.
    嗨，我们去吃个热狗吧。
26. It's way too late when he starts that old "It's not you, it's me" waffle.
    等到他开始对你说：“不是你的错，是我”这种老调时就太晚了。
27. 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。
28. To satisfy customers'needs, the company offers professional coffee makers, slush machines and waffle makers from different countries.
    各国专业咖啡机、冰沙机和松饼机可供您有不同的选择。
29. I had expected the recession to kill off the global epidemic of Waffle Flu.
    我本来预计经济衰退会消灭这种全球流行的废话流感（WaffleFlu）。
30. Preheat waffle iron to medium high.
    将华夫铁板调至中温预热。