buff·er
noun/ˈbʌfə(r)/
/ˈbʌfər/
Idioms - a thing or person that reduces a shock or protects somebody/something against difficulties
缓冲物；起缓冲作用的人 - buffer against something Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress.
家庭和朋友的支持有助于减缓压力。 - buffer between A and B She often had to act as a buffer between father and son.
她常常不得不在父子之间扮演调解人角色。 - The organization acts as a buffer between the management and the union.
这个组织在资方与工会之间起缓冲作用。 - a buffer state (= a small country between two powerful states that helps keep peace between them)
缓冲国（两大国之间有助于维持和平的小国家） - a buffer zone (= an area of land between two opposing armies or countries)
缓冲区（两敌对军队或国家之间的地区） - Peacekeepers have been sent in to establish a buffer zone between the rival forces.
已经派遣维和部队在交战双方之间建立缓冲带。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + buffer- act as
- provide
- use something as
- …
- state
- zone
- buffer against
- buffer between
- buffer against something Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress.
- (British English) one of two round metal devices on the front or end of a train, or at the end of a railway track, that reduce the shock if the train hits something
（火车头尾或轨道末端的）减震器，缓冲器 - (computing) an area in a computer’s memory where data can be stored for a short time
缓存区；缓冲存储区；缓冲器 - (also old buffer)(British English, old-fashioned, informal) an informal way of referring to an old man that shows that you do not respect him
老家伙；老头儿
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 2 mid 19th cent.: probably from obsolete buff (verb), imitative of the sound of a blow to a soft body. noun sense 3 mid 18th cent.: probably from obsolete buff (imitative of the sound of a blow to a soft body), or from dialect buff ‘stutter, splutter’ (possibly the same word). In late Middle English buffer had the sense ‘stammerer’.
Idioms
hit the buffers
- (informal) if a plan, somebody’s career, etc. hits the buffers, it suddenly stops being successful
（计划、事业等）突然受挫 - The former tennis star’s comeback trail hit the buffers yesterday when she lost in straight sets.
这位前网球明星的复出之路昨天遭遇了挫折，因为她直落两盘失利。
- The former tennis star’s comeback trail hit the buffers yesterday when she lost in straight sets.