1. 自助餐
    A buffet is a meal of cold food that is displayed on a long table at a party or public occasion. Guests usually serve themselves from the table.

    e.g. ...a buffet lunch...
           自助午餐
    e.g. A cold buffet had been laid out in the dining-room.
           餐廳里已經(jīng)擺好了自助冷食。

2. （通常指旅館或車站的）餐飲部，小餐館
    A buffet is a café, usually in a hotel or station.

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    e.g. We sat in the station buffet sipping tea.
           我們坐在車站的自助餐廳里喝茶。

3. （火車上的）餐車
    On a train, the buffet or the buffet car is the carriage or car where meals and snacks are sold.

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4. （大風(fēng)或海浪）反復(fù)拍打，猛擊
    If something is buffeted by strong winds or by stormy seas, it is repeatedly struck or blown around by them.

    e.g. Their plane had been severely buffeted by storms...
           他們的飛機(jī)遭受到風(fēng)暴的重創(chuàng)。
    e.g. Storms swept the country, closing roads, buffeting ferries and killing as many as 30 people.
           暴風(fēng)雨席卷全國，使道路無法通行，渡船受襲，多達(dá)30人遇難。

5. （嚴(yán)峻局勢(shì)）沖擊，打擊
    If an economy or government is buffeted by difficult or unpleasant situations, it experiences many of them.

    e.g. The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.
           整個(gè)非洲都經(jīng)受了社會(huì)和政治動(dòng)蕩之苦。