Pronounced /'bʌfeɪ, am bʊ'feɪ/ for meanings 1 to 3, and /'bʌfɪt/ for meanings 4 and 5. 义项1至3读作 /'bʌfeɪ, 美 bʊ'feɪ/,义项4和5读作 /'bʌfɪt/。
1 N-COUNT [oft NOUN n] 自助餐 A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table. 自助餐
SYN smorgasbord, counter, cold table
2 N-COUNT [oft n NOUN] (通常指旅馆或车站的)餐饮部,小餐馆 A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station. (通常指旅馆或车站的)餐饮部,小餐馆
SYN snack bar, café, cafeteria, brasserie
3 N-COUNT [usually singular] (火车上的)餐车 On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. (火车上的)餐车 [British]
in AM, use 美国英语用 dining car
4 VERB (大风或海浪)反复拍打,猛击 If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. (大风或海浪)反复拍打,猛击
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Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. [be VERB-ed]
他们的飞机遭受到风暴的重创。
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Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people. [VERB noun]
暴风雨席卷全国,使道路无法通行,渡船受袭,多达30人遇难。
SYN knock, push, bang, rap
5 VERB (严峻局势)冲击,打击 If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them. (严峻局势)冲击,打击
SYN beset, trouble, plague, harass
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