buffet

英['bʊfeɪ;'bʌfeɪ] 美[bə'fe]
  • n. 自助餐;小卖部;打击;猛烈冲击
  • vt. 与…搏斗;连续猛击
  • vi. 斗争;奋勇前进
  • adj. 自助的;自助餐的
  • n. (Buffet)人名;(法)比费

词态变化


复数: buffets;第三人称单数: buffets;过去式: buffeted;过去分词: buffeted;现在分词: buffeting;名词: buffeting;

助记提示


1. 谐音“巴菲特”----股神“巴菲特”投资失利,深受打击。
2. buffer => "something that absorbs a blow".
3. buffer => buffet.
4. 谐音“不费”-----吃自助餐不费钱、花销很低----便餐馆,自助餐,餐具柜。

中文词源


buffet 自助餐

来自法语bufet, 桌子,橱柜。后指餐厅自助餐。

英文词源


buffet (v.)
c. 1200, "to strike with the fist or hand; cuff, box, slap; from Old French bufeter "to strike, slap, punch," from bufet (see buffet (n.2)). Related: Buffeted; buffeting.
buffet (n.1)
"table," 1718, from French bufet "bench, stool, sideboard," 12c., which is of uncertain origin. Sense in English extended 1888 to "meal served from a buffet."
buffet (n.2)
c. 1200, "blow struck with a fist or weapon," from Old French bufet "slap, punch," diminutive of bufe "a blow, slap, punch; puff of wind," figuratively "cunning trick," probably echoic of the sound of something soft being hit.

双语例句


1. 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。

来自柯林斯例句

2. We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.
我们坐在车站的自助餐厅里喝茶。

来自柯林斯例句

3. 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?

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. There was a caterers'buffet stretching all around the dining room.
围着餐厅有一排各个饮食承办者的冷餐台.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Come for cocktail and buffet next Sunday.
下星期天请来喝鸡尾酒吃自助餐.

来自《简明英汉词典》