Waffle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 蛋奶烘饼; v. 胡扯, 唠叨
• ［英］ n. 蛋奶烘饼; v. 胡扯, 唠叨 ( talk or write meaninglessly)
• ［类］ 反义词: speak unequivocally ( 清楚地说)
• ［例］ What's she waffling about? ( 她在胡说些什么)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Dutch wafel, from Middle Dutch wafele; akin to Old High German waba honeycomb, Old English wefan to weave
• Date: 1744
• a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron

II. intransitive verb (waffled; waffling)

• Etymology: frequentative of obsolete woff to yelp, of imitative origin
• Date: 1868
• 1. equivocate, vacillate <waffled on the important issues>; also yo-yo, flip-flop
• 2. to talk or write foolishly ; blather <can waffle…tiresomely off the point — Times Literary Supplement>
• ? waffler noun

III. noun

• Date: circa 1888
• empty or pretentious words ; tripe

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