buffet
buffet — 名詞
1. a meal where many dishes are put out together and each person chooses and serves
自助餐
自行取食的餐會
a meal where many dishes are put out together and each person chooses and serves their own food.
At noon, hotel guests lined up for the breakfast buffet by the pool.
中午時，飯店客人在泳池旁排隊，等著到早餐自助餐檯取餐。
breakfast buffet
Rashida chose salad first, then went back to the buffet for fish.
Rashida 先拿了沙拉，之後又回到自助餐區拿魚。
go back to the buffet for [dish]
For the office party, the caterer set up a buffet in the lobby.
辦公室派對時，外燴在大廳設了自助餐區。
At the wedding lunch, children filled small bowls from the buffet table.
婚宴午餐時，孩子們從自助餐檯裝了小碗食物。
Because Kenji eats little meat, buffets let him pick only vegetables.
因為 Kenji 吃很少肉，自助餐讓他只挑蔬菜就好。
- spread
informal and focuses on the food laid out, not the serving system
- smorgasbord
more marked in style and often suggests a wide mixed choice
- banquet
more formal and usually served to seated guests rather than self-service
文法句型
a breakfast buffet
go back to the buffet
buffet table
用法筆記
Often modified by meal words such as 'breakfast', 'lunch', or 'salad'. Distinguish from sense 2, which names the place selling food, and sense 3, which names the furniture.
常見錯誤
2. a small place in a station or on a train where travellers can buy simple food an
販賣部；餐車
車站或列車上賣食物飲料處
a small place in a station or on a train where travellers can buy simple food and drinks.
Before the train left, Omar grabbed tea and a roll at the buffet.
火車開走前，Omar 在販賣部買了茶和一個麵包捲。
at the buffet
A long line formed outside the station buffet after the late bus arrived.
晚班巴士抵達後，站內販賣部外面排起了長隊。
station buffet
During the trip, Hana walked to the buffet car for orange juice.
旅途中，Hana 走到餐車去買柳橙汁。
The old bus-station buffet closed early on Sundays in winter.
那個老巴士站的販賣部冬天星期日都很早打烊。
When platform seats were full, passengers took buffet snacks back onto the train.
月台座位滿了時，乘客就把販賣部的點心帶回火車上。
- snack bar
the closest everyday equivalent for a small place selling simple food
- refreshment counter
more descriptive and slightly more formal
- cafe
broader and not limited to stations or transport settings
文法句型
at the buffet
station buffet
buffet car
用法筆記
Common in travel contexts, especially older railway and bus-station English. The phrase 'buffet car' names the train section where food is sold.
常見錯誤
3. in American English, a long piece of dining-room furniture used to set out food,
餐具櫃
餐廳裡放餐點與餐具的長櫃
in American English, a long piece of dining-room furniture used to set out food, with drawers or cupboards for plates, knives, and similar items.
Leila set the soup bowls on the buffet before the guests arrived.
客人到之前，Leila 把湯碗放到餐具櫃上。
set [dishes] on the buffet
Inside the old buffet, Aunt Rosa kept silver forks and tablecloths.
在那個舊餐具櫃裡，Aunt Rosa 放著銀叉和桌巾。
inside the buffet
The movers scratched the cherry-wood buffet while carrying it upstairs.
搬家工人把那個櫻桃木餐具櫃搬上樓時刮傷了。
The buffet stood beneath family photos along the dining-room wall.
那個餐具櫃沿著餐廳牆邊擺著，上方掛著全家福。
After dinner, Priya moved candles from the buffet to the kitchen.
晚餐後，Priya 把蠟燭從餐具櫃上移到廚房。
文法句型
on the buffet
inside the buffet
wooden buffet
用法筆記
American English only in this meaning. Distinguish from sense 1, where buffet is the meal, and sense 2, where it is a place selling food during travel.
常見錯誤
buffet — 動詞
1. if strong wind, rain, waves, or similar forces buffet something, they keep hitti
猛擊；衝擊
被強風巨浪反覆重擊推動
if strong wind, rain, waves, or similar forces buffet something, they keep hitting it hard and often push it around.
All night, heavy waves buffeted the small fishing boat near shore.
整晚，巨浪都在猛擊近岸的小漁船。
waves buffeted [object]
Each spring, dust storms buffet the desert highway outside the town.
每到春天，沙塵暴都會猛烈衝擊鎮外那條沙漠公路。
storms buffet [road/place]
By morning, the tent had been buffeted by wind and rain.
到早上時，帳篷已被風雨反覆猛擊。
During take-off, rough air buffeted the plane and shook loose bags.
起飛時，亂流猛烈搖晃飛機，連沒放穩的包包都被震得亂晃。
Crosswinds buffeted the jeep from side to side on the mountain track.
山路上的側風把那輛吉普車吹得左右搖晃。
文法句型
buffet + object
be buffeted by + wind/waves
buffet + object + from side to side
用法筆記
Usually used with natural forces or violent movement as the subject. Frequently passive when the focus is on the thing being hit rather than on the wind, rain, or waves causing it.