2.[uncountableU]British EnglishBrE informalUNIMPORTANT talk or writing that uses a lot of words but says nothing important 胡扯,冗长的空话
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waffle• This should preventwandering and waffle in your answer.• I was making waffles and he thought I looked at him wrong.• The lady who got accidentally dosed while she was making waffles.• Now you can get pancakes, waffles and omelets with hashbrowns.• There was a lot of politewaffle about how well the Princess and her family were looking before anyone got to the point.• Unfortunately F and H's waffle had used up the allotted time.
waffle2 verb [intransitiveI] informal
1British EnglishBrE (also waffle on)TALK TO somebody to talk or write using a lot of words but without saying anything important 唠叨,说[写]废话,空话连篇