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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