fudge /fʌdʒ/ TEM8 ( fudging, fudged, fudges )

• 1. 

  N-UNCOUNT Fudge is a soft brown sweet that is made from butter, cream, and sugar. 乳脂软糖

• 2. 

  N foolishness; nonsense 胡话

• 3. 

  N a small section of type matter in a box in a newspaper allowing late news to be included without the whole page having to be remade (报纸付印前为最新要闻留出的)空白处

• 4. 

  N an unsatisfactory compromise reached to evade a difficult problem or controversial issue 不太令人满意的折中方案

• 5. 

  V-T If you fudge something, you avoid making a clear and definite decision, distinction, or statement about it. 模糊处理

  例：

  Both have fudged their calculations and avoided specifics.

  双方都模糊处理了其计算结果并回避了细节。

• 6. 

  V to talk foolishly or emptily (可笑或空洞地)讲