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buffet

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buf∙fet¹ / ˈbufei; ˈbʌfei; NAmE bəˈfei /
◙ noun --› see also buffet ²
1. a meal at which people serve themselves from a table and then stand or sit somewhere else to eat
• 自助餐:
»a 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。
2. 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
• (火车)饮食柜枱；(车站)快餐部
3. (BrE) = buffet car
4. (especially NAmE) = sideboard (1)◙ buf∙fet² / ˈbʌfit /
--› see also buffet ¹ verb
• [VN] [often passive] to knock or push sb / sth roughly from side to side
• 打来打去；推来搡去:
»to be buffeted by the wind
  被风吹得左右摇摆
»(figurative, formal) The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes.
  罢工浪潮使这个国家受到了重创。
♦ buf∙fet∙ing noun [U, C, usually sing.]

Eat Side Buffeted Buffet Buf∙Fet¹ ˈbufei; ˈbʌfei; Name Bəˈfei / ◙ Noun Also Buffet ²