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Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense buffets, present participle buffeting, past tense, past participle buffetedpronunciation note: Pronounced (bʌfeɪ, US bʊfeɪ) for meanings [sense 1] to , [sense 3], and (bʌfɪt) for meanings [sense 4] and , [sense 5].

1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]

A buffet is 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.

...a buffet lunch.

A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room.

Synonyms: smorgasbord, counter, cold table More Synonyms of buffet

2. countable noun [oft noun NOUN]

A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station.

We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.

Synonyms: snack bar, café, cafeteria, brasserie More Synonyms of buffet

3. countable noun [usually singular]

On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold.

[British]regional note: in AM, use dining car

4. verb

If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.

Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. [be VERB-ed]

Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as30 people. [VERB noun]

Synonyms: knock, push, bang, rap More Synonyms of buffet

buffetingWord forms: plural buffetings countable noun

...the buffetings of the winds. [+ of]

5. verb

If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.

The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals. [be VERB-ed]

Synonyms: beset, trouble, plague, harass More Synonyms of buffet

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buffet in British English 1

noun

1. (ˈbʊfeɪ, ˈbʌfeɪ)

a counter where light refreshments are served

2. (ˈbʊfeɪ)

a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up

(as modifier)

a buffet lunch

3. (ˈbʌfɪt, ˈbʊfeɪ)

a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc, and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves

4. (ˈbʌfɪ) Scottish and Northern England dialect

a kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock

Word origin

C18: from French, of unknown origin

buffet in British English 2

(ˈbʌfɪt)

verbWord forms: -fets, -feting or -feted

1. (transitive)

to knock against or about; batter

the wind buffeted the boat

2. (transitive)

to hit, esp with the fist; cuff

to force (one's way), as through a crowd

4. (intransitive)

to struggle; battle

noun

a blow, esp with a fist or hand

aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows

Derived forms

buffeter (ˈbuffeter)

noun

Word origin

C13: from Old French buffeter, from buffet a light blow, from buffe, of imitative origin

Buffet in British English 1

(French byfɛ)

noun

Bernard (bɛrnar). 1928–99, French painter and engraver. His works are characterized by sombre tones and thin angular forms

buffet in American English 1

(ˈbʌfɪt)

noun

a blow with the hand or fist

any blow or shock

the buffets of fate

verb transitive

to hit with the hand or fist; punch; slap

to beat back as by repeated blows

the waves buffeted the boat

to struggle against

verb intransitive

to struggle or force a way by struggling

Word origin

ME < OFr, dim. of buffe, a blow: prob. echoic

buffet in American English 2

(bəˈfeɪ; bʊˈfeɪ; British ˈbʌfɪt)

noun

a piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards for dishes, table linen, silver, etc.; sideboard

a counter or table where refreshments are served

a restaurant with such a counter or table

a meal at which guests serve themselves from a buffet or table

Word origin

Fr < OFr, bench (> ME, stool)

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Nato is being buffeted by destabilising forces from within and without.We sat down and were at once buffeted with food and drink.The country is buffeted by oligarchs and their nets of businesses.Three vegetarian buffet meals a day are included.We met in a crowded and very noisy room at a buffet lunch.Once he bought us both a bacon sandwich in the buffet car.The buffet table at this grand old hotel groans under the weight of local specialities.And there were days when there was no food in the buffet car.Many people are in acute difficulty who have worked hard yet find themselves buffeted by financial forces outside their control.Bet the buffet car was busy.

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British English: buffet /ˈbʊfeɪ/ NOUN

A buffet is a meal of cold food at a special occasion. Guests usually help themselves to the food.

...a buffet lunch.

American English: buffet meal
Arabic: سُفْرَة
Brazilian Portuguese: bufê
Chinese: 自助餐
Croatian: bife
Czech: bufet
Danish: buffet
Dutch: buffet
European Spanish: bufé
Finnish: seisova pöytä
French: buffet repas
German: Büffet
Greek: μπουφές
Italian: buffet
Japanese: ビュッフェ
Korean: 뷔페
Norwegian: buffet
Polish: bufet
European Portuguese: buffet
Romanian: bufet
Russian: фуршет
Latin American Spanish: bufé
Swedish: buffé
Thai: อาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง
Turkish: açık büfe
Ukrainian: буфет
Vietnamese: tiệc tự chọn

British English: buffet VERB

If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.

Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms.

American English: buffet
Brazilian Portuguese: fustigar
Chinese: 反复袭击
European Spanish: golpear
French: secouer
German: schütteln
Italian: sbattere
Japanese: もまれる
Korean: 뒤흔들다
European Portuguese: fustigar
Latin American Spanish: golpear

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Chinese translation of 'buffet'

buffet 1

(ˈbufeɪ; USbuˈfeɪ)

n (c)

(in station) 餐厅(廳) (cāntīng) (个(個), gè)
(= food) 自助餐 (zìzhùcān) (顿, dùn)
(Brit, Rail) (also buffet car)
1. 餐车(車) (cānchē)
美 = dining car

buffet 2

(ˈbʌfɪt)

vt

[wind, sea] 冲(衝)击(擊) (chōngjī)

1 (noun) in the sense of smorgasbord

Definition

a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes

A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining room.

Synonyms

smorgasbord

counter

cold table

2 (noun) in the sense of snack bar

Definition

a counter where light refreshments are served

We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.

Synonyms

snack bar

café

The café also serves delicious lunches.

cafeteria

brasserie

salad bar

refreshment counter

1 (verb) in the sense of knock

Definition

to knock against or about

Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms.

Synonyms

knock

He was mucking around and he knocked her in the stomach.

push

They pushed him into the car.

bang

I didn't mean to bang into you.

rap

The minister rapped the banks over their treatment of small businesses.

slap

My yoga instructor turned up and slapped me on the shoulder.

bump

He bumped his head on the low beam.

smack

She smacked me on the side of the head.

shove

thump

cuff

She cuffed him playfully around the ear.

jolt

The train jolted into motion.

wallop (informal)

box

They slapped my face and boxed my ears.

2 (verb) in the sense of beset

buffeted by social and political upheavals

Synonyms

beset

The country is beset by severe economic problems.

trouble

Is anything troubling you?

plague

I'm not going to plague you with a lot of questions.

harass

a celebrity routinely harassed by the paparazzi

badger

She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.

perplex

problems that perplexed me

pester

He's always hanging round and pestering me.

entangle

bedevilbox

3 (verb) in the sense of batter

Definition

to hit, esp. with the fist

Synonyms

batter

He battered his opponent around the head.

pound

He pounded the table with his fist.

beat

He lost the boxing match and was badly beaten by his opponent.

strike

She took two steps forward and struck him across the mouth.

box

push

knock

Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready.

punch

After punching him on the chin, she hit him over the head.

bang

We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out.

rap

slap

bump

shove

thump

He thumped me, nearly knocking me over.

cuff

flail

clobber (slang)

She clobbered him with a vase.

wallop (informal)

She walloped me over the head with a cushion.

pummel

He trapped Conn in a corner and pummelled him ferociously.

lambast(e)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of badger

Definition

to pester or harass

She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him.

Synonyms

pester,

worry,

harry,

bother,

bug (informal),

bully,

plague,

hound,

get at,

harass,

nag,

hassle (informal),

chivvy,

importune (formal),

bend someone's ear (informal),

be on someone's back (slang)

in the sense of bang

I didn't mean to bang into you.

Synonyms

bump,

knock,

elbow,

jostle

in the sense of bang

Definition

to hit or knock, esp. with a loud noise

We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out.

Synonyms

hit,

pound,

beat,

strike,

crash,

knock,

belt (informal),

hammer,

slam,

rap,

bump,

bash (informal),

thump,

clatter,

pummel,

tonk (informal),

beat or knock seven bells out of (informal)

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单词	buffet
释义	Trends of buffet View usage for: buffet Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense buffets, present participle buffeting, past tense, past participle buffetedpronunciation note: Pronounced (bʌfeɪ, US bʊfeɪ) for meanings [sense 1] to , [sense 3], and (bʌfɪt) for meanings [sense 4] and , [sense 5]. 1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] A buffet is 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. ...a buffet lunch. A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room. Synonyms: smorgasbord, counter, cold table More Synonyms of buffet 2. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station. We sat in the station buffet sipping tea. Synonyms: snack bar, café, cafeteria, brasserie More Synonyms of buffet 3. countable noun [usually singular] On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold. [British]regional note: in AM, use dining car 4. verb If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. [be VERB-ed] Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as30 people. [VERB noun] Synonyms: knock, push, bang, rap More Synonyms of buffet buffetingWord forms: plural buffetings countable noun ...the buffetings of the winds. [+ of] 5. verb If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them. The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals. [be VERB-ed] Synonyms: beset, trouble, plague, harass More Synonyms of buffet More Synonyms of buffet buffet in British English 1 noun 1. (ˈbʊfeɪ, ˈbʌfeɪ) a counter where light refreshments are served 2. (ˈbʊfeɪ) a. a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes and often eat standing up b. (as modifier) a buffet lunch 3. (ˈbʌfɪt, ˈbʊfeɪ) a piece of furniture used from medieval times to the 18th century for displaying plates, etc, and typically comprising one or more cupboards and some open shelves 4. (ˈbʌfɪ) Scottish and Northern England dialect a kind of low stool, pouffe, or hassock Word origin C18: from French, of unknown origin buffet in British English 2 (ˈbʌfɪt) verbWord forms: -fets, -feting or -feted 1. (transitive) to knock against or about; batter the wind buffeted the boat 2. (transitive) to hit, esp with the fist; cuff 3. to force (one's way), as through a crowd 4. (intransitive) to struggle; battle noun 5. a blow, esp with a fist or hand 6. aerodynamic excitation of an aircraft structure by separated flows Derived forms buffeter (ˈbuffeter) noun Word origin C13: from Old French buffeter, from buffet a light blow, from buffe, of imitative origin Buffet in British English 1 (French byfɛ) noun Bernard (bɛrnar). 1928–99, French painter and engraver. His works are characterized by sombre tones and thin angular forms buffet in American English 1 (ˈbʌfɪt) noun 1. a blow with the hand or fist 2. any blow or shock the buffets of fate verb transitive 3. to hit with the hand or fist; punch; slap 4. to beat back as by repeated blows the waves buffeted the boat 5. to struggle against verb intransitive 6. to struggle or force a way by struggling Word origin ME < OFr, dim. of buffe, a blow: prob. echoic buffet in American English 2 (bəˈfeɪ; bʊˈfeɪ; British ˈbʌfɪt) noun 1. a piece of furniture with drawers and cupboards for dishes, table linen, silver, etc.; sideboard 2. a. a counter or table where refreshments are served b. a restaurant with such a counter or table 3. a meal at which guests serve themselves from a buffet or table Word origin Fr < OFr, bench (> ME, stool) Image of buffet © dotshock, shutterstock Examples of 'buffet' in a sentence buffet Nato is being buffeted by destabilising forces from within and without. Times, Sunday Times (2016) We sat down and were at once buffeted with food and drink. Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993) The country is buffeted by oligarchs and their nets of businesses. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Three vegetarian buffet meals a day are included. Times, Sunday Times (2015) We met in a crowded and very noisy room at a buffet lunch. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Once he bought us both a bacon sandwich in the buffet car. The Sun (2011) The buffet table at this grand old hotel groans under the weight of local specialities. Times, Sunday Times (2009) And there were days when there was no food in the buffet car. The Sun (2009) Many people are in acute difficulty who have worked hard yet find themselves buffeted by financial forces outside their control. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Bet the buffet car was busy. The Sun (2013) In the hotel buffet, a woman sat with a hairy chin propped in her palm. Marsden, Philip The Crossing-Place (1993) The 24-hour all you can eat buffet offered comedians almost as much scope as the passengers. Times, Sunday Times (2010) In one you hit something hard, as a boat is buffeted at sea. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The restaurant serves three buffet meals a day and you can go all-inclusive. The Sun (2011) Lunch was a buffet affair, with players coming and going. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I followed the lights to the buffet carriage. Times, Sunday Times (2008) And how poignant to reflect on Bell enduring a complex and messy time at the hotel buffet these past weeks. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The buffet is now open! The Sun (2014) Arthur Ashe Stadium is deluged by rain and buffeted by gale force winds. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Yet if you're not like that, you just get buffeted around. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Word lists with buffet cupboard, meal, table In other languages buffet British English: buffet /ˈbʊfeɪ/ NOUN A buffet is a meal of cold food at a special occasion. Guests usually help themselves to the food. ...a buffet lunch. American English: buffet meal Arabic: سُفْرَة Brazilian Portuguese: bufê Chinese: 自助餐 Croatian: bife Czech: bufet Danish: buffet Dutch: buffet European Spanish: bufé Finnish: seisova pöytä French: buffet repas German: Büffet Greek: μπουφές Italian: buffet Japanese: ビュッフェ Korean: 뷔페 Norwegian: buffet Polish: bufet European Portuguese: buffet Romanian: bufet Russian: фуршет Latin American Spanish: bufé Swedish: buffé Thai: อาหารที่ลูกค้าบริการตัวเอง Turkish: açık büfe Ukrainian: буфет Vietnamese: tiệc tự chọn British English: buffet VERB If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. American English: buffet Brazilian Portuguese: fustigar Chinese: 反复袭击 European Spanish: golpear French: secouer German: schütteln Italian: sbattere Japanese: もまれる Korean: 뒤흔들다 European Portuguese: fustigar Latin American Spanish: golpear All related terms of 'buffet' buffet car a railway coach where light refreshments are served buffet line A buffet line is a selection of food that is displayed on a long table . Guests usually serve themselves. buffet meal meal at which people stand up and help themselves from the table buffet lunch a lunch at which people stand up and help themselves from the table buffet supper supper at which people stand up and help themselves from the table finger buffet a buffet meal at which food that may be picked up with the fingers ( finger food ), such as canapés or vol-au-vents , is served buffet restaurant A restaurant is a place where you can eat a meal and pay for it. In restaurants your food is usually served to you at your table by a waiter or waitress . Chinese translation of 'buffet' buffet 1 (ˈbufeɪ; USbuˈfeɪ) n (c) (in station) 餐厅(廳) (cāntīng) (个(個), gè) (= food) 自助餐 (zìzhùcān) (顿, dùn) (Brit, Rail) (also buffet car) 餐车(車) (cānchē) 美 = dining car buffet 2 (ˈbʌfɪt) vt [wind, sea] 冲(衝)击(擊) (chōngjī) 1 (noun) in the sense of smorgasbord Definition a meal at which guests help themselves from a number of dishes A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining room. Synonyms smorgasbord counter cold table 2 (noun) in the sense of snack bar Definition a counter where light refreshments are served We sat in the station buffet sipping tea. Synonyms snack bar café The café also serves delicious lunches. cafeteria brasserie salad bar refreshment counter 1 (verb) in the sense of knock Definition to knock against or about Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms. Synonyms knock He was mucking around and he knocked her in the stomach. push They pushed him into the car. bang I didn't mean to bang into you. rap The minister rapped the banks over their treatment of small businesses. slap My yoga instructor turned up and slapped me on the shoulder. bump He bumped his head on the low beam. smack She smacked me on the side of the head. shove thump cuff She cuffed him playfully around the ear. jolt The train jolted into motion. wallop (informal) box They slapped my face and boxed my ears. 2 (verb) in the sense of beset buffeted by social and political upheavals Synonyms beset The country is beset by severe economic problems. trouble Is anything troubling you? plague I'm not going to plague you with a lot of questions. harass a celebrity routinely harassed by the paparazzi badger She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him. perplex problems that perplexed me pester He's always hanging round and pestering me. entangle bedevilbox 3 (verb) in the sense of batter Definition to hit, esp. with the fist Synonyms batter He battered his opponent around the head. pound He pounded the table with his fist. beat He lost the boxing match and was badly beaten by his opponent. strike She took two steps forward and struck him across the mouth. box push knock Knock at my window at eight o'clock and I'll be ready. punch After punching him on the chin, she hit him over the head. bang We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out. rap slap bump shove thump He thumped me, nearly knocking me over. cuff flail clobber (slang) She clobbered him with a vase. wallop (informal) She walloped me over the head with a cushion. pummel He trapped Conn in a corner and pummelled him ferociously. lambast(e) Additional synonyms in the sense of badger Definition to pester or harass She badgered her doctor time and again, pleading with him. Synonyms pester, worry, harry, bother, bug (informal), bully, plague, hound, get at, harass, nag, hassle (informal), chivvy, importune (formal), bend someone's ear (informal), be on someone's back (slang) in the sense of bang I didn't mean to bang into you. Synonyms bump, knock, elbow, jostle in the sense of bang Definition to hit or knock, esp. with a loud noise We could bang on the desks and shout until they let us out. Synonyms hit, pound, beat, strike, crash, knock, belt (informal), hammer, slam, rap, bump, bash (informal), thump, clatter, pummel, tonk (informal), beat or knock seven bells out of (informal) Synonyms of 'buffet' buffet Explore 'buffet' in the dictionary
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