1.名词，自助餐，(火车)饮食柜台;(车站)快餐部[bəˈfeɪ]复数： buffetsa buffet lunch/supper 自助午餐 / 晚餐Dinner will be a cold buffet, not a sit-down meal.主餐是自助冷食，不是坐着等服务员送来的那种。We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.我们坐在车站的自助餐厅里品茗。

A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room. 餐厅里已经摆好了自助冷食。At lunchtime, there's a choice between the buffet or the set menu 午餐可以吃自助餐，也可以选套餐。

A waiter came and hovered. John caught my look and we both got up and, ignoring the waiter, made our way to the buffet 一个侍者走了过来，候在四周。约翰领会了我的眼神，我们两个都站了起来，没有理睬谁人侍者，朝自助餐台走去。

Are you having a sit-down meal or a buffet at the wedding? 你想在婚礼中摆桌宴还是搞自助餐？Come for cocktail and buffet next Sunday. 下星期天请来喝鸡尾酒吃自助餐。cocktail [ˈkɒkteɪl] n.鸡尾酒;凉菜;冷盘;(常指掺合不太相容的)混淆物I'll eat too much if I have the buffet. 如果吃自助餐，我怕我会吃多了。If you live alone, you might not want to cook a hot meal every day. 如果只身居住，你可能不会想天天都做一顿热菜热饭。

I need a place to stay and a hot meal. 我需要一个住的地方和一顿饱餐。2.动词，[ˈbʌfɪt] 对…打来打去;将…推来搡去现在分词： buffeting已往式： buffeted已往分词： buffeted第三人称单数： buffetsto be buffeted by the wind被风吹得左右摇摆The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes.歇工浪潮使这个国家受到了重创。Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms.他们的飞机遭受到风暴的重创。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。

upheaval [ʌpˈhiːvl] n.剧变;激变;动乱;动荡Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people. 狂风雨席卷全国，使门路无法通行，渡船受袭，多达30人遇难。

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