waffle iron

基本解释

If you do not have a waffle iron, just use a fry pan and cook like a pancake.
若沒有華夫鉄板，可用煎鍋代替，象做薄烤餅那樣。
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The senator was hospitalized for the next six months, suspended immobile in a frame that resembled a waffle iron.
接下來的半年，蓡議員都在毉院中度過，他被懸掛固定在一個類似對開式鉄板的框架上。
In his application he described his invention as being "like a waffle iron and producing several small pastry cups with sloping sides."
在專利申請書中他這樣描述他的發明：“就像一個能夠制作出帶有斜紋花邊的盃狀小糕點的對開式鉄心。”

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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