| 释义 |
haffle, v. dial.|ˈhæf(ə)l|
[cf. Du. (local) haffelen (of a suckling baby) to pull and push at the breast; (of women) to talk a lot, argue.]
intr. To speak in a hesitant or stammering manner; to prevaricate, shilly-shally. Cf. caffle v.
1790Grose Provincial Gloss. (ed. 2) Haffle, to prevaricate. 1825J. T. Brockett Gloss. N. Country Words 88 Haffle, to waver, to speak unintelligibly. 1869R. B. Peacock Gloss. Lonsdale 39/1 Haffle, to stammer, to prevaricate, to falter. 1902in E.D.D. s.v., [Nottingham] The doctor, he haffled and caffled, he didn't rightly know what war wrong wi' her himself. 1913[see caffle v.]. 1913D. H. Lawrence Let. 3 Mar. (1962) I. 191 The Nottingham people are still haffling and caffling about the children. |