| 单词 | buffer |
| 释义 | buffer (bʌfəʳ ) Word forms: buffers , buffering , buffered 1. countable noun [NOUN noun] A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other. Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs. [+ against] ...a multinational buffer force between the two sides. The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics. Synonyms: safeguard, screen, shield, cushion 2. verb If something is buffered, it is protected from harm. The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: protect, cover, screen, guard 3. countable noun [usually plural] The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them. [mainly British] 4. countable noun A buffer is an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time. [computing] 5. verb When a computer program or streamed content buffers, it pauses while it is loading. [computing] It can be really annoying when a programme you are watching starts buffering. [VERB] 6. countable noun If you refer to a man as an old buffer, you think they are rather foolish. [British, informal, disapproval] ...a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch. Collocations: capital buffer I thought the idea was to get credit into the economy, not build up the banks' capital buffers. Times, Sunday Times (2012) They have been made to prepare for the worst and have much stronger capital buffers than in the financial crisis. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Britain in the 1950s and 1960s was not economically stifled because banks held such chunky capital buffers. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Translations: Chinese: 缓冲物, 缓冲 Japanese: 緩衝物, 衝撃を減らす |
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