waffle基本信息
读法：英 ["wɒf(ə)l] 美 ["wɑfl]
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英英释义
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中英词源
waffle 华夫饼，胡扯，唠叨wwW.wEntiyI.Com
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。
waffle 胡扯，唠叨
拟声词，狗叫，引申义胡扯，唠叨。
- waffle (n.)
- "kind of batter-cake, baked crisp in irons and served hot," 1744, from Dutch wafel "waffle," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wabila- "web, honeycomb" (cognates: Old High German waba "honeycomb," German Wabe), related to Old High German weban, Old English wefan "to weave" (see weave (v.)). Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.
- waffle (v.)
- 1690s, "to yelp, bark," frequentative of provincial waff "to yelp, to bark like a puppy" (1610); possibly of imitative origin. Figurative sense of "talk foolishly" (c. 1700) led to that of "vacillate, equivocate" (1803), originally a Scottish and northern English usage. Late 17c. Scottish also had waff "act of waving," variant of waft, which might have influenced the sense. Related: Waffled; waffler; waffling.
词态变化
复数 waffles;
第三人称单数 waffles;
过去式 waffled;
过去分词 waffled;
现在分词 waffling;
权威造句
- 1. Whenever I open my mouth I don"t half waffle on.
- 我无论何时开口，从不夸夸其谈。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.
- 他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cut the waffle and get to the point.
- 别胡扯,谈正题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. My wife often tells me I waffle.
- 我妻子经常说我胡说八道。
来自辞典例句
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