英文词源
- waffle (n.)
- "kind of batter-cake, baked crisp in irons and served hot," 1744, from Dutch wafel "waffle," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wabila- "web, honeycomb" (cognates: Old High German waba "honeycomb," German Wabe), related to Old High German weban, Old English wefan "to weave" (see weave (v.)). Sense of "honeycomb" is preserved in some combinations referring to a weave of cloth. Waffle iron is from 1794.
- waffle (v.)
- 1690s, "to yelp, bark," frequentative of provincial waff "to yelp, to bark like a puppy" (1610); possibly of imitative origin. Figurative sense of "talk foolishly" (c. 1700) led to that of "vacillate, equivocate" (1803), originally a Scottish and northern English usage. Late 17c. Scottish also had waff "act of waving," variant of waft, which might have influenced the sense. Related: Waffled; waffler; waffling.
中文词源
词源同weave,编织，引申义蜂窝，因这种饼干蜂窝状的外形而得名。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：waffle 词源，waffle 含义。
拟声词，狗叫，引申义胡扯，唠叨。
词源同 weave,编织，引申词义蜂窝，因这种饼干蜂窝状的外形而得名。 waffle 胡扯，唠叨
