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单词 buffet
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buffet
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When you see the word buffet, it's hard not to think "all-you-can-eat." Although the noun can refer to food set out for self-service, buffet also means "a blow, especially with the hand," and as a verb "to strike sharply."
The two meanings of buffet come from very different sources. Buffet the self-serve meal is drawn from the piece of furniture on which such a meal might be served, a bufet "sideboard" in eighteenth-century French, and is pronounced buh-FAY. The meaning of hitting, however, comes from the Old French word bufe "a blow" or "a puff of wind" and is spoken BUH-fit. If the wind buffets the windows of your house, it can make them rattle in their frames, and if you are buffeted by bad news, you might shake in your shoes too.
WORD FAMILY
buffet: buffeted, buffeting, buffets, buffetted, buffetting+/buffeting: buffetings
USAGE EXAMPLES
In the age of Trump, data and evidence are just some unwanted roughage down at the end of the buffet.
New York Times(Dec 27, 2016)
Our new friend invited us to share a lunch buffet of fried chicken, potato salad and sweets.
Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)
We are sharpening our knives for a large buffet.”
The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)
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1n a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
counter, sideboard
credence, credenza
a kind of sideboard or buffet
cellaret, minibar
sideboard with compartments for holding bottles
article of furniture, furniture, piece of furniture
furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy
2n a meal set out on a buffet at which guests help themselves
Hypo|Hyper
smorgasbord
an assortment of foods starting with herring or smoked eel or salmon etc with bread and butter; then cheeses and eggs and pickled vegetables and aspics; finally hot foods; served as a buffet meal
meal, repast
the food served and eaten at one time
3n usually inexpensive bar
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
snack bar, snack counter
commissary
a snack bar in a film studio
milk bar
snack bar that sells milk drinks and light refreshments (such as ice cream)
bar
a counter where you can obtain food or drink
2
1v strike, beat repeatedly
The wind buffeted him
Syn|Hyper
buff
hit
deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
2v strike against forcefully
Winds buffeted the tent
Syn|Hyper
batter, knock about
strike
deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
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