noun🔗ShareワッフルA flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern."The brunch was waffles with strawberries and whipped cream."ブランチは、イチゴとホイップクリームを添えたワッフルでした。foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareポテトワッフルA potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern."For breakfast, she made a delicious potato waffle for her children. "朝食に、彼女は子供たちのために美味しいポテトワッフルを作りました。foodvegetableChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share粉々に砕く、叩き壊すTo smash."The construction worker used a sledgehammer to waffle the old concrete. "建設作業員は古いコンクリートを叩き壊すためにハンマーを使いました。actionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share回りくどい話, 駄弁Speech or writing that is vague, pretentious or evasive."This interesting point seems to get lost a little within a lot of self-important waffle."この興味深い点は、自己中心的で回りくどい話の中に少し埋もれてしまうようだ。languagecommunicationwritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareふらつきながら降りる(of birds) To move in a side-to-side motion and descend (lose altitude) before landing. Cf wiffle, whiffle."The geese waffled as they approached the water."ガチョウは水面に近づくとふらつきながら降りてきた。birdactionnatureanimalChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareごまかす, 曖昧なことを言うTo speak or write vaguely and evasively."My boss waffled about the project deadline, giving us no clear instructions. "上司はプロジェクトの締め切りについて曖昧なことを言い、私たちに明確な指示を与えませんでした。communicationlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share長々と話す, くだらないことを言うTo speak or write at length without any clear point or aim."The student started to waffle when the teacher asked him about his missing homework, talking about his dog, his breakfast, and everything but the reason he didn't do the assignment. "先生が生徒に宿題をやっていない理由を尋ねると、生徒は犬のことや朝食のことなど、宿題をしなかった理由以外のことを長々と話し始めた。communicationlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareぐずぐずする, 迷うTo vacillate."He tended to waffle on important decisions, often changing his mind several times. "彼は重要な決定についてぐずぐずしがちで、何度も考えを変えることがよくあった。attitudecharactermindChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareためらう, ぐずぐずするTo rotate (one's hand) back and forth in a gesture of vacillation or ambivalence."He waffled about whether to take the math or the history course, unable to decide which one he preferred. "彼は数学か歴史のコースを取るか迷い、どちらを好むか決めかねていた。communicationattitudeactionsignChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
