waffle on
collocation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。
胡扯；东拉西扯；漫无目的地写
waffles — third person singular of waffle
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胡扯；东拉西扯；漫无目的地写
To speak or write at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
During the meeting, my colleague kept waffling on the budget issue instead of giving a clear opinion.
开会时，我同事一直在预算问题上东拉西扯，没有给出明确意见。
鸟在降落前左右摆动
Of a bird: to move in a side-to-side motion while descending before landing.
冗长地说或写而无明确目的
Often followed by on: to speak or write (something) at length without any clear aim or point; to ramble.
水平握住并来回旋转手表示犹豫
To hold horizontally and rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of ambivalence or vacillation.
waffle
Base
原形
waffles
3rd person
第三人称单数
waffling
-ing
现在分词
waffled
Past
过去式
waffled
Past participle
过去分词
He waffles on about nothing.
他胡扯些没用的。
She waffled for hours.
她胡扯了几个小时。
They are waffling again.
他们又在胡扯了。
If you waffle in your essay, the teacher will think you don't know what you're talking about.
如果你在文章里东拉西扯，老师会认为你不知道自己在说什么。
He waffled for half an hour before finally telling us his decision.
他东拉西扯了半个小时，最后才告诉我们他的决定。
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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。
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。
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。
（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。
Use waffles naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
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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。
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。
作不及物动词，意为胡扯或闲聊。
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