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

• It's like Vegas without the buffets.
  那就像是没有自助餐的拉斯维加斯。
• Bob, the pig farmer in Las Vegas who collects the uneaten food from casino buffets and feeds it to his swine, which now grow faster and more profitably than any other pigs on the planet;
  来自拉斯维加斯的养猪场农民Bob从赌场自助餐回收吃剩下的食物喂猪。他的猪比地球上其它的猪生长速度都要快、收益都高；
• But if you can live without shipboard bingo and buffets, then you really won't be missing much.
  但如果你能生活在没有舰载宾果和自助餐，那麽你真的不会丢失了。
• In a cheerful ambiance, this elegant restaurant offers a premium choice of buffets as well as la carte menu.
  在欢快的气氛，这家高雅的餐厅提供了优质的选择自助餐以及单点菜。
• 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；
• Avoid situations such as buffets and restaurants that challenge inhibitory control.
  少去自助餐厅和其它餐馆吃饭，在这些地方抑制控制的能力很难抵挡美食的诱惑；
• She visited book launches and lectures that had free buffets and scoured supermarkets for discounted food close to its sell-by date.
  她去参加讲座和书店里的新书发布活动，因为这些活动都会提供免费的餐饮机会。她会在超市快关门前冲进去购买廉价处理的食品。
• 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。
• Pure bovine heifer bred for breeding Do you serve roast meat with buffets?
  小母牛，纯种，供繁殖用你提供牛肉烤饭吗？