buffet

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n. 自助餐, 小卖部, 碗橱, 殴打, 冲击 vt. 连续打, 冲击, 搏斗 vi. 奋斗

发音

UK /ˈbʊf.eɪ/
其它 /ˈbʌf.ɪt/
UK /ˈbʌf.eɪ/
其它 /ˈbʌf.ɪt/
US /bəˈfeɪ/
US /bʌˈfeɪ/
IN /bəˈfe/
IN /ˈbʊf.e/

词形变化

buffets 复数 buffeted buffeting buffets 三单 buffets buffetted buffetting buffeting 现在分词 buffetting 现在分词 buffeted 过去式 buffeted 过去分词 buffetted 过去式 buffetted 过去分词

别名

beaufet

教材释义与例句

动词

与…搏斗;连续猛击

if something, especially wind, rain, or the sea, buffets something, it hits it with a lot of force

动词

斗争;奋勇前进

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.

    餐具柜

  2. 2.

    Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.

    We'll be serving supper buffet style.

  3. 3.

    A small low stool; a hassock.

  4. 1.

    A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.

    可数 不可数

    October 30, 1795, Edmund Burke, letter to Lord Auckland those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for years to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay

  5. 2.

    The vibration of an aircraft when flying in or approaching a stall, caused by separation of airflow from the aircraft's wings.

    不可数 航空 商务 工程 可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.

    比喻 及物
  3. 3.

    To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

    to buffet the billows

  4. 4.

    To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

  5. 5.

    To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

    不及物

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词源

Inherited from Middle English buffet (“stool”), from Middle French buffet (“side table”), from Old French buffet, of unknown origin. The modern pronunciation is remodelled after modern French buffet.

来源:wiktionary