buffet

noun

1. 自助餐
   a meal at which people serve themselves from a table and then stand or sit somewhere else to eat
   1. a buffet lunch/supper
      自助午餐 / 晚餐
   2. 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。
2. （火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
   a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away
3. （火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
   a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away
4. （火车）饮食柜台；（车站）快餐部
   a place, for example in a train or bus station, where you can buy food and drinks to eat or drink there, or to take away

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/。


1. N-COUNT 自助餐
   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.
   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。
2. N-COUNT （通常指旅馆或车站的）餐饮部，小餐馆
   A buffet is 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。
3. （火车上的）餐车
   On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold.

in AM, use 美国英语用 dining car


4. VERB （大风或海浪）反复拍打，猛击
   If something is buffeted by 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。
5. VERB （严峻局势）冲击，打击
   If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult 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。

1. A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room.
   餐厅里已经摆好了自助冷食。
2. We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.
   我们坐在车站的自助餐厅里喝茶。
3. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms
   他们的飞机遭受到风暴的重创。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. 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，候在附近。约翰领会了我的眼神，我们两个都站了起来，没有理睬那个侍者，朝自助餐台走去。
8. 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？
9. Come for cocktail and buffet next sunday.
   下星期天请来喝鸡尾酒吃自助餐。
10. This morning I went to a restaurant famous for its brunch buffet.
    今天早上我去了一个以自助早午餐而闻名的餐厅。
11. Are we having a buffet this year?
    我们今年有自助餐么？
12. You must be rather thirsty. let's go to the buffet and have some drinks?
    你一定口渴了，我们去柜台喝点东西好吗？
13. I think that lobster is too expensive to be included in the buffet.
    我觉得龙虾太贵了，不会包括在自助餐里。
14. I met her at a buffet lunch.
    我是在一次自助午餐会上遇见她的。
15. This table is close to buffet, it's convenience to take food.
    这张台离自助餐近，方便取餐。
16. We have the best buffet in this area.
    我们有这个地区最好的自助餐。
17. They ate a buffet lunch.
    他们吃了自助午餐。
18. I'll eat too much if I have the buffet.
    如果吃自助餐，我怕我会吃多了。
19. We had a buffet supper last evening.
    昨天晚上，我们吃了一次自助晚餐。
20. Before that, our Chinese students had free buffet in a Chinese restaurant called Four Seasons.
    在舞会之前，我们中国学生在一个叫作四季的中国餐馆吃了个免费的自助餐。
21. It is convenient for us that each entrance ticket includes a buffet meal.
    每张门票中都包含了一餐自助餐的费用，这一点对我们来说是很方便的。
22. Mark: Such as buffet dinner, dancing party and you can enjoy the breeze.
    有自助餐，跳舞派对和感受微风。
23. I here that they have a lovely menu and buffet.
    听说他们的饭菜和自助餐不错。
24. We offer a complementary breakfast buffet and free parking.
    我们提供自助早餐和免费的停车。
25. Right. it'll have to be a buffet.
    对，得举行个自助餐。
26. What would you like? I am hungry I had like buffet.
    您想用点什么？我饿了，我想自助餐。
27. Is it buffet only, or can I order from the menu?
    只有自助餐，还是我也可以从菜单点餐？
28. There you will be served with a buffet breakfast and a three course evening meal.
    那儿将提供给你一份自助早餐和有三道主菜的晚餐。
29. The buffet is delicious.
    这自助餐很美味。
30. Do you provide coffee and buffet at noon?
    你们中午提高咖啡和自助午餐吗？

noun

1. a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room

   Synonym:    countersideboard

2. usually inexpensive bar

   Synonym:    snack barsnack counter

3. a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves

verb

1. strike, beat repeatedly
   1. The wind buffeted him

   Synonym:    buff

2. strike against forcefully
   1. Winds buffeted the tent

   Synonym:    knock aboutbatter