Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense waffles, present participle waffling, past tense, past participle waffled
1VERB 胡扯;胡说;废话连篇 If you say that someone waffles, you are critical of them because they talk or write a lot without actually making any clear or important points. 胡扯;胡说;废话连篇 [British, informal, disapproval]
My wife often tells me I waffle. [VERB]
我妻子经常说我胡说八道。
There was some bloke on the phone waffling about an airline ticket. [VERB + about]
电话里有个家伙在唠叨一张飞机票的事情。
Waffle on means the same as waffle .waffle on 同 waffle
Whenever I open my mouth I don't half waffle on.
我无论何时开口,从不夸夸其谈。
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。
Waffle is also a noun.
He writes smug, sanctimonious waffle.
他写的满篇都是自鸣得意、道貌岸然的废话。
2VERB 犹豫不决;含糊其词 If someone waffles on an issue or question, they cannot decide what to do or what their opinion is about it. 犹豫不决;含糊其词 [US] [Also V + about/over]
He's waffled on abortion and gay rights. [VERB + on]
他在堕胎和同性恋权利问题上立场模糊。
He kept waffling and finding excuses not to close the deal. [VERB]