buffet

英 [ˈbʌfeɪ , ˈbʌfɪt]

美 [bəˈfeɪ , ˈbʌfɪt]

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

复数：buffets　过去分词：buffetted　现在分词：buffeting　过去式：buffeted　第三人称单数：buffets　

Collins.1 / BNC.7804 / COCA.8330

牛津词典

noun

自助餐
a meal at which people serve themselves from a table and then stand or sit somewhere else to eat
1. a buffet lunch/supper
  自助午餐 / 晚餐
2. Dinner will be a cold buffet, not a sit-down meal.
  主餐是自助冷食，不是坐着等服务员送来的那种。
（火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away
（火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away
（火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away

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。

noun

a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room
Synonym:countersideboard
usually inexpensive bar
Synonym:snack barsnack counter
a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

verb

This table is close to buffet, it's convenience to take food.
这张台离自助餐近，方便取餐。
Right. it'll have to be a buffet.
对，得举行个自助餐。
We offer a complementary breakfast buffet and free parking.
我们提供自助早餐和免费的停车。
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。
What would you like? I am hungry I had like buffet.
您想用点什么？我饿了，我想自助餐。
We had a buffet supper last evening.
昨天晚上，我们吃了一次自助晚餐。
Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms
他们的飞机遭受到风暴的重创。
It is convenient for us that each entrance ticket includes a buffet meal.
每张门票中都包含了一餐自助餐的费用，这一点对我们来说是很方便的。
Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding?
你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？
There you will be served with a buffet breakfast and a three course evening meal.
那儿将提供给你一份自助早餐和有三道主菜的晚餐。