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

Do you provide coffee and buffet at noon?
你们中午提高咖啡和自助午餐吗？
Are we having a buffet this year?
我们今年有自助餐么？
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。
We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.
我们坐在车站的自助餐厅里喝茶。
Mark: Such as buffet dinner, dancing party and you can enjoy the breeze.
有自助餐，跳舞派对和感受微风。
They ate a buffet lunch.
他们吃了自助午餐。
Right. it'll have to be a buffet.
对，得举行个自助餐。
Is it buffet only, or can I order from the menu?
只有自助餐，还是我也可以从菜单点餐？
A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room.
餐厅里已经摆好了自助冷食。
I here that they have a lovely menu and buffet.
听说他们的饭菜和自助餐不错。