n.  自助餐

n. 〔车站等的〕快餐部，饮食柜台

v. 〔尤指风、雨或海浪〕猛烈袭击

• a cold buffet  冷餐会

• a buffet lunch/supper  自助午餐╱晚餐

• buffet sth about   

  把…推来搡去，把…抛来抛去

• London was buffeted by storms last night. 伦敦昨晚遭到暴风雨的袭击。

• The nation had been buffeted by a wave of strikes. 罢工浪潮使这个国家受到了重创。