buffets

英 [ˈbʌfɪts]

美 [ˈbʌfɪts]

n.  自助餐; (火车)饮食柜台; (车站)快餐部
v.  对…打来打去; 将…推来搡去
buffet的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

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/。


• N-COUNT 自助餐
  Abuffetis 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.
  1. ...a buffet lunch...
     自助午餐
  2. A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room.
     餐厅里已经摆好了自助冷食。
• N-COUNT （通常指旅馆或车站的）餐饮部，小餐馆
  Abuffetis a café, usually in a hotel or station.
  1. We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.
     我们坐在车站的自助餐厅里喝茶。
• （火车上的）餐车
  On a train, thebuffetor thebuffet caris the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold.

in AM, use 美国英语用 dining car


• VERB （大风或海浪）反复拍打，猛击
  If somethingis buffetedby strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.
  1. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms...
     他们的飞机遭受到风暴的重创。
  2. Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people.
     暴风雨席卷全国，使道路无法通行，渡船受袭，多达30人遇难。
• VERB （严峻局势）冲击，打击
  If an economy or governmentis buffeted bydifficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.
  1. The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.
     整个非洲都经受了社会和政治动荡之苦。

双语例句

• She visited book launches and lectures that had free buffets and scoured supermarkets for discounted food close to its sell-by date.
  她去参加讲座和书店里的新书发布活动，因为这些活动都会提供免费的餐饮机会。她会在超市快关门前冲进去购买廉价处理的食品。
• Avoid situations such as buffets and restaurants that challenge inhibitory control.
  少去自助餐厅和其它餐馆吃饭，在这些地方抑制控制的能力很难抵挡美食的诱惑；
• But if you can live without shipboard bingo and buffets, then you really won't be missing much.
  但如果你能生活在没有舰载宾果和自助餐，那麽你真的不会丢失了。
• Many restaurants offer great Sunday buffets, and prices these days are more reasonable than ever.
  很多餐馆都提供很好的星期日自助餐，这些天的价格比以前更合理。
• All life's buffets should be met with dignity and good sense.
  应以尊严和理智对待人生的一切打击。
• It's like Vegas without the buffets.
  那就像是没有自助餐的拉斯维加斯。
• ( If you are concerned about your weight, fill up on Perrier, celery and lettuce; better yet, stay away from all-you-can-eat buffets.) Nevertheless, I think there are some general principles here.
  （如果你担心体重，那就用毕雷矿泉水（Perrier）、芹菜和莴苣来填饱肚子吧；更好的办法是远离随便吃的自助餐。）不过，我认为还是有些可以普遍遵循的原则。
• Small buffet There is no much choice except for in few local buffets!
  《小卖铺》除了提供当地人日常的消费品，其他可选择的东西很少！
• But even among Europeans, Grass was well situated to learn how history buffets and battles local dreams and individual lives.
  但即便在欧洲人当中，格拉斯也格外能了解历史是如何在本地人的梦想与个人生活之中产生斗争和冲突。
• All deputies will eat at buffets without expensive food or alcohol, while extravagant galas, gifts and performances will not be arranged.
  今年为全体代表准备的宴会上将没有昂贵的菜肴和酒水，也不会安排奢侈的晚会、礼品以及节目演出。