waffle iron

基本解释

If you do not have a waffle iron, just use a fry pan and cook like a pancake.
若没有华夫铁板，可用煎锅代替，象做薄烤饼那样。
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The senator was hospitalized for the next six months, suspended immobile in a frame that resembled a waffle iron.
接下来的半年，参议员都在医院中度过，他被悬挂固定在一个类似对开式铁板的框架上。
In his application he described his invention as being "like a waffle iron and producing several small pastry cups with sloping sides."
在专利申请书中他这样描述他的发明：“就像一个能够制作出带有斜纹花边的杯状小糕点的对开式铁心。”

This is why we don't actually have to use a waffle iron in the bathtub, have sex with our siblings or chew thumbtacks to know that each of these is a stunningly bad idea.
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