| 释义 |
waffly, a.|ˈwɒflɪ|
[f. waffle n.2 and v. + -y1.]
a. Wavering, vacillating, imprecise.
b. Characterized by or indulging in waffling speech or writing.
1890J. Service Thir Notandums xix. 125 Let the waffly body tak ocht I hae written and mak a kirk or a mill o't as pleases himsel'. 1928A. E. Pease Dict. Dial. N. Riding 149 Waffly,..wavering, undecided, shaky, not coherent. 1957Economist 23 Nov. 673/2 The Labour party's attitude to the federation has always been waffly. 1964Ibid. 16 May 691/2 Mr. Duncan Sandys could never be called a waffly man. 1978Times 18 Nov. 11/8, I thought the first part about the World Tree and the Green Man a little thin and waffly. |