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buffer n.缓冲；(火车头尾或轨道末端的)缓冲器；[计算机]缓存区；老朽v.缓冲；减轻；[计]缓存 (1) 地球上的自然生态系统起着一种缓冲的作用。(2) 家庭和朋友的支持有助于减缓压力。(3) 他是个老糊涂。 Buffer comes from the Old French buff, a word that imitates the sound of a blow to a soft body. A person can also be a buffer if she keeps people prone to fighting from coming in contact or hurting each other, like a teacher who separates two rowdy kids at the lunch table. A buffer state is a country between two conflicting ones that helps them better get along by creating a buffer between them — like Mongolia is for China and Russia.

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英 ['bʌfə(r)] 美 ['bʌfər] (1) The world's natural ecosystems act as a buffer.(2) Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress.(3) He is a silly old buffer. A buffer is an object that either softens a blow like a fender, or helps buff or shine stuff, like a nail buffer. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]缓冲物 A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.   [oft N against/between n]Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs...存些积蓄以备不时之需。...a multinational buffer force between the two sides...双方之间的多国缓冲力量The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics.监狱局在部长和他的批评者中间扮演缓冲角色。2[VERB 动词]保护；保障 If something is buffered, it is protected from harm.   [be V-ed]  [Also V n]The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。3[N-COUNT 可数名词]（火车上的）缓冲器；（火车轨道末端的）防撞栅 The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them.   [usu pl]  [mainly BRIT 主英]4[N-COUNT 可数名词]（电脑内存的）缓冲区 A buffer is an area in a computer's  memory where information can be stored for a short time.   [COMPUTING 计算机]5[N-COUNT 可数名词]老糊涂；蠢老头 If you say that someone, usually a man, is an old buffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish.   [disapproval]  [BRIT 英]  [INFORMAL 非正式]...a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch.每月一次在格罗夫纳大厦进行午餐聚会的一群蠢老头们

英语单词	buffer
英美音标	英 ['bʌfə(r)] 美 ['bʌfər]
中文释义	n.缓冲；(火车头尾或轨道末端的)缓冲器；[计算机]缓存区；老朽 v.缓冲；减轻；[计]缓存
英语例句	(1) The world's natural ecosystems act as a buffer. (2) Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress. (3) He is a silly old buffer.
中文例句	(1) 地球上的自然生态系统起着一种缓冲的作用。 (2) 家庭和朋友的支持有助于减缓压力。 (3) 他是个老糊涂。
vocabulary简明	A buffer is an object that either softens a blow like a fender, or helps buff or shine stuff, like a nail buffer.
vocabulary扩展	Buffer comes from the Old French buff, a word that imitates the sound of a blow to a soft body. A person can also be a buffer if she keeps people prone to fighting from coming in contact or hurting each other, like a teacher who separates two rowdy kids at the lunch table. A buffer state is a country between two conflicting ones that helps them better get along by creating a buffer between them — like Mongolia is for China and Russia.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]缓冲物 A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other. [oft N against/between n] Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs... 存些积蓄以备不时之需。 ...a multinational buffer force between the two sides... 双方之间的多国缓冲力量 The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics. 监狱局在部长和他的批评者中间扮演缓冲角色。 2 [VERB 动词]保护；保障 If something is buffered, it is protected from harm. [be V-ed] [Also V n] The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers. 公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（火车上的）缓冲器；（火车轨道末端的）防撞栅 The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them. [usu pl] [mainly BRIT 主英] 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]（电脑内存的）缓冲区 A buffer is an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time. [COMPUTING 计算机] 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]老糊涂；蠢老头 If you say that someone, usually a man, is an old buffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish. [disapproval] [BRIT 英] [INFORMAL 非正式] ...a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch. 每月一次在格罗夫纳大厦进行午餐聚会的一群蠢老头们

Buffer N Count 可数名词 Acts Blow Helps Buff Prevents