Word · Frequency #22433
waffles
胡扯；东拉西扯；漫无目的地写
waffles is the third person singular of waffle.
To speak or write at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
- 1.
Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
鸟在降落前左右摆动
- 2.
Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
冗长地说或写而无明确目的
- 3.
To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
水平握住并来回旋转手表示犹豫
（犹豫不决时）来回转动手掌；（鸟降落前）左右摇摆；鸟在降落前左右摆动；冗长地说或写而无明确目的；水平握住并来回旋转手表示犹豫
In use
During the meeting, my colleague kept waffling on the budget issue instead of giving a clear opinion.
If you waffle in your essay, the teacher will think you don't know what you're talking about.
He waffled for half an hour before finally telling us his decision.
Verb forms
base waffle · third person waffles · -ing waffling · past waffled · past participle waffled
Connections
Collocations
- waffle on
- 东拉西扯；絮叨个不停
- He waffled on for twenty minutes without making any point.他东拉西扯了二十分钟，什么要点都没说出来。
- waffle about [something]
- 对某事东拉西扯；含混其词地谈某事
- The manager waffled about the budget figures instead of giving a clear breakdown.经理对预算数字含混其词，而不是给出清晰的明细。
- stop waffling
- 别东拉西扯了；别再啰嗦了
- Stop waffling and tell us what you actually think.别东拉西扯了，告诉我们你真正的想法。
Idioms & figurative uses
- waffle on
- （没完没了地）空谈；长篇大论地唠叨He waffled on for hours without ever getting to the point.他没完没了地长篇大论了几个小时，却始终没有说到重点。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：waffle 音近“哇否”，想象鸟降落前左右摇摆，或犹豫时手掌来回翻转，都是“晃来晃去”的感觉。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：观鸟记录、日常对话、肢体动作描写 waffle 作动词时，语域随义项变化：表示“胡扯、东拉西扯”（常与 on 连用）通常偏非正式，多用于口语；表示“鸟降落前左右摇摆”多见于观鸟或自然描述，语域中性；表示“来回转动手”也属于中性动作描写。使用时需根据具体义项判断。
Grammar Note
作不及物动词，意为胡扯或闲聊。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 waffle 真正押韵的是 offal（英式 /ˈɒfəl/，重读元音和后面的 /fəl/ 一致）。baffle、raffle 拼写上是 -affle，但元音是 /æ/，不押韵；muffle、shuffle 是 -ffle，但元音是 /ʌ/，也不押韵；trifle 拼写为 -fle，元音是 /aɪ/，同样不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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