buffets

英 [ˈbʌfɪts]

美 [ˈbʌfɪts]

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
buffet的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

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。

双语例句

• Do you serve roast meat with buffets?
  你提供牛肉烤饭吗？
• Some New Jersey hotels, like the Wyndham Garden, have expanded their breakfast buffets to appeal to Chinese guests, serving such Chinese favorites as the rice porridge congee alongside American standards like waffles with maple syrup.
  有些新泽西的酒店为吸引中国游客还扩展了自助早餐食谱，在经典的美式早餐枫糖华夫饼之外增添了中国人喜欢的稀饭等食品，温德汉姆花园酒店正是这么做的。
• In addition to buffets, American families enjoy picnics and barbeques.
  除自助餐外，美国家庭还喜欢野餐和户外烧烤餐。
• All life's buffets should be met with dignity and good sense.
  应以尊严和理智对待人生的一切打击。
• Personally ensures that all buffets set up on time and ala carte menu items are prepared to specifications.
  亲自监督自助餐和零点餐出品并按照要求制作食品；
• I'm a man of few convictions, but buffets just seem crass to me when people are starving in other countries.
  我一般很少随便下定论，但当你在别的国家挨饿的时候，自助餐看上去似乎是个好的选择。
• ( If you are concerned about your weight, fill up on Perrier, celery and lettuce; better yet, stay away from all-you-can-eat buffets.) Nevertheless, I think there are some general principles here.
  （如果你担心体重，那就用毕雷矿泉水（Perrier）、芹菜和莴苣来填饱肚子吧；更好的办法是远离随便吃的自助餐。）不过，我认为还是有些可以普遍遵循的原则。
• It's like Vegas without the buffets.
  那就像是没有自助餐的拉斯维加斯。
• Many restaurants offer great Sunday buffets, and prices these days are more reasonable than ever.
  很多餐馆都提供很好的星期日自助餐，这些天的价格比以前更合理。
• The "chinese buffets" which are so popular have chinese, Japanese and American food; and you might find chinese, mexican, japanese, Filipino people preparing the food.
  “中华自助餐”中国有这么受欢迎，日本和美国的食物；你可能觉得中国人，墨西哥、日本、菲律宾人做菜。