waffle

• n. 華夫餅幹；動聽而無意義的話；無聊話
• vi. 胡扯；閑聊

詞源同weave,編織，引申義蜂窩，因這種餅幹蜂窩狀的外形而得名。

擬聲詞，狗叫，引申義胡扯，嘮叨。

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.

1. Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on.

我無論何時開口，從不誇誇其談。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.

他寫的滿篇都是自鳴得意、道貌岸然的廢話。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Cut the waffle and get to the point.

別胡扯,談正題.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. That's all I had to say on the subject — we don't want to waffle on about it all day.

這個問題我隻想說這麽多——我們不該一整天都為此廢話。

來自柯林斯例句

5. My wife often tells me I waffle.

我妻子經常說我胡說八道。

來自辭典例句