/'bʊfeɪ; [US] bə'feɪ; bə`fe/
n
1 counter where food and drink may be bought and consumed, esp in a railway station or on a train 饮食柜台（尤指火车站或火车内的）.
2 meal at which guests serve themselves from a number of dishes; food provided for this 自助餐; （自助餐的）食物
*Dinner will be a cold buffet, not a sit-down meal. 正餐是凉的自助餐, 不是坐着让人侍候的那一种.
* [attrib 作定语] a buffet lunch/supper 自助午餐[晚餐].

/'bʌfɪt; `bʌfɪt/
n blow (esp with the hand) or shock 打（尤指用手）; 打击
*(fig 比喻) suffer the buffets of a cruel fate 遭受悲惨命运的打击.

v [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sb/sth (about) knock or push sb/sth roughly from side to side 把某人[某物]打来打去或推来推去
*flowers buffeted by the rain and wind 受风吹雨打的花
* (fig 比喻) be buffeted by misfortune 饱受灾祸的蹂躏
* a boat buffeted (about) by the waves 被大浪冲来冲去的船. buffeting n
*The flowers took quite a buffeting in the storm. 花朵在暴风雨中备受摧残.