English-Thai Dictionary
buffet
N อาหาร ที่ ลูกค้า ต้อง บริการตัวเอง ar-han-ti-luk-ka-tong-bo-ri-kan-tua-eng
buffeter
N นักต่อสู้ nak-tor-su
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BUFFET
n.A cupboard, or set of shelves, for plates, glass, china and other like furniture. It was formerly and is still in some parts of the country, an apartment erected on one side of a room; but in more fashionable houses, it has been laid aside, and a side board substituted, which is now considered as the buffet. But as far as my knowledge extends, the name has become, in a great measure, obsolete, except among the common people, by whom it is pronounced bofat.
BUFFET
n.A blow with the fist; a box on the ear or face; a slap.
BUFFET
v.t.To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat. They spit in his face and buffetted him. Matthew 26:67.
1. To beat in contention; to contend against; as, to buffet the billows.
BUFFET
v.i.To exercise or play at boxing.
BUFFETED
pp. Struck; beaten. 1 Corinthians 4:11; 1 Peter 2:2 .
BUFFETER
n.One who buffets; a boxer.
BUFFETING
ppr. Striking with the hand; boxing; contending against.
BUFFETING
n.A striking with the hand. 1. Contention; attack; opposition.
He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but formed for duration, and fitted to endure the buffetings of the rudest storm.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUFFET
Buf *fet ", n. Etym: [F. buffet, LL. bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff, hence (cf. puffed up ) the idea of ostentation or display. ]
1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc. , a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope.
2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering.
BUFFET
Buf "fet, n. Etym: [OE. buffet, boffet, OF. buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, fr. buffe blow, cf. F. bouffer to blow, puff; prob. akin to E. puff. For the meaning slap, blow, cf. F. soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See Puff, v. i., and cf. Buffet sidebroad, Buffoon ]
1. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. When on his cheek a buffet fell. Sir W. Scott.
2. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. Shak.
3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. Go fetch us a light buffet. Townely Myst.
BUFFET
Buf "fet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buffeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Buffeting. ]Etym: [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun. ]
1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. Matt. xxvi. 67.
2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. Broome.You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. W. Black.
3. Etym: [Cf. Buffer. ]
Defn: To deaden the sound of (bells ) by muffling the clapper.
BUFFET
BUFFET Buf "fet, v. i.
1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. Shak.
2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. Strove to buffet to land in vain. Tennyson.
BUFFETER
BUFFETER Buf "fet *er, n.
Defn: One who buffets; a boxer. Jonson.
BUFFETING
BUFFETING Buf "fet *ing, n.
1. A striking with the hand.
2. A succession of blows; continued violence, as of winds or waves; afflictions; adversity. He seems to have been a plant of slow growth, but. .. fitted to endure the buffeting on the rudest storm. Wirt.
New American Oxford Dictionary
buffet
buffet 3 |ˈbʌfɪt | ▶noun Scottish & N. English a low stool or hassock. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bufet, of unknown origin.
buffet
buf fet 1 |bəˈfā ˈˌbəˈˌfeɪ | ▶noun 1 a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves: [ as modifier ] : a cold buffet lunch. 2 a room or counter in a station, hotel, or other public building selling light meals or snacks. 3 |ˈbʌfɪt |a cabinet with shelves and drawers for keeping dinnerware and table linens. ORIGIN early 18th cent. ( sense 3 ): from French, from Old French bufet ‘stool, ’ of unknown origin.
buffet
buf fet 2 |ˈbəfit ˈbəfət | ▶verb ( buffets, buffeting , buffeted ) [ with obj. ] (esp. of wind or waves ) strike repeatedly and violently; batter: the rough seas buffeted the coast | [ no obj. ] : the wind was buffeting at their bodies. • knock (someone ) over or off course: he was buffeted from side to side. • (of misfortunes or difficulties ) afflict or harm (someone ) repeatedly or over a long period: they were buffeted by a major recession. ▶noun |ˈˌbəˈˌfeɪ | 1 dated a blow, typically of the hand or fist. • a shock or misfortune: the daily buffets of urban civilization. 2 Aeronautics another term for buffeting. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb ), buffet (noun ), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow. ’
buffeting
buf fet ing |ˈbəfitiNG ˈbəfədɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the action of striking someone or something repeatedly and violently: the roofs have survived the buffeting of worse winds than this. • the action or result of afflicting or harming someone, typically repeatedly or over a long period: the buffeting that people are taking in lost job status. 2 Aeronautics irregular oscillation of part of an aircraft, caused by turbulence.
Buffett, Warren
Buf fett, Warren |ˈbəfit ˈbəfət | (1930 –), US businessman and financier, noted for his philanthropic activities; full name Warren Edward Buffett.
Oxford Dictionary
buffet
buffet 1 |ˈbʊfeɪ, ˈbʌfeɪ | ▶noun 1 a meal consisting of several dishes from which guests serve themselves: [ as modifier ] : a cold buffet lunch. 2 a room or counter in a station, hotel, or other public building selling light meals or snacks. • (also buffet car ) Brit. a railway carriage selling light meals or snacks. 3 |also ˈbʌfɪt | North American term for sideboard ( sense 1 ). ORIGIN early 18th cent. (denoting a sideboard ): from French, from Old French bufet ‘stool ’, of unknown origin.
buffet
buffet 2 |ˈbʌfɪt | ▶verb ( buffets, buffeting, buffeted ) [ with obj. ] (especially of wind or waves ) strike repeatedly and violently; batter: rough seas buffeted the coast | [ no obj. ] : the wind was buffeting at their bodies. • knock (someone ) off course: he was buffeted from side to side. • (of difficulties ) afflict (someone ) over a long period: they were buffeted by a major recession. ▶noun 1 dated a blow or punch. • a shock or misfortune: the daily buffets of urban civilization. 2 [ mass noun ] Aeronautics another term for buffeting. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French buffeter (verb ), buffet (noun ), diminutive of bufe ‘a blow ’.
buffet
buffet 3 |ˈbʌfɪt | ▶noun Scottish & N. English a low stool or hassock. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French bufet, of unknown origin.
buffeting
buf ¦fet |ing |ˈbʌfɪtɪŋ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the action of buffeting someone or something: the roofs have survived the buffeting of worse winds than this. 2 Aeronautics irregular oscillation of part of an aircraft, caused by turbulence.
Buffett, Warren
Buf fett, Warren |ˈbəfit ˈbəfət | (1930 –), US businessman and financier, noted for his philanthropic activities; full name Warren Edward Buffett.
American Oxford Thesaurus
buffet
buffet 1 noun 1 a sumptuous buffet: smorgasbord, self-serve meal, serve-yourself meal, spread. 2 the plates are kept in the buffet: sideboard, cabinet, cupboard.
buffet
buffet 2 verb 1 rough seas buffeted the coast: batter, pound, lash, strike, hit. 2 he has been buffeted by bad publicity: afflict, trouble, harm, burden, bother, beset, harass, assail, harry, plague, torment, blight, bedevil.
Oxford Thesaurus
buffet (rhymes with ‘book day’)
buffet 1 |(rhymes with ‘book day ’)| noun 1 a sumptuous buffet was spread out at the restaurant: cold table, cold meal, self-service, smorgasbord. 2 a station buffet: cafe, cafeteria, snack bar, canteen, salad bar, refreshment stall /counter, restaurant. 3 an old-fashioned built-in buffet in the dining room: sideboard, cabinet, china cupboard, counter.
buffet (rhymes with ‘tuffet’)
buffet 2 |(rhymes with ‘tuffet ’)| verb 1 the car was buffeted by the wind: batter, pound, beat /knock /dash against, push against, lash, strike, hit, bang. 2 he has been buffeted by bad publicity: afflict, trouble, harm, distress, burden, bother, beset, harass, worry, oppress, strain, stress, tax, torment, blight, bedevil, harrow, cause trouble to, cause suffering to. ▶noun all the blows and buffets of this world: shock, jolt, jar, upset, setback, crisis, catastrophe, blow; misfortune, trouble, problem, difficulty, hardship, adversity, distress, disaster, misadventure; affliction, sorrow, misery, tribulation, woe, pain, tragedy, calamity, vicissitude; trial, cross, burden.
French Dictionary
buffet
buffet n. m. nom masculin 1 Meuble où l ’on range la vaisselle, l ’argenterie, etc. 2 Table où l ’on dispose des mets en abondance afin que les invités, les clients puissent se servir à leur guise. : Un buffet froid. Un buffet de salades (et non un *bar à salades ).
Spanish Dictionary
buffet
buffet nombre masculino Bufé .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
buffet
buf fet 1 /bʌ́fət /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 〉を打つ, なぐる .2 a. 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈船 町などが 〉 (風 波などに )激しく揺さぶられる ; 〈経済 政府などが 〉困難な状況に苦しめられる (about, around ).b. 〈船 経済など 〉を揺さぶる, 苦しめる ; …を (手で )たたく (about ).3 ｟文 ｠〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人が 〉〈人生 運命など 〉に翻弄 （ほんろう ）される .4 〈風 運命など 〉と闘いながら進む ▸ buffet one's way into great waves 荒波を進む 名詞 C ｟かたく ｠(手で )たたくこと (blow 2 ); 不幸 ; 翻弄 .
buffet
buf fet 2 /bəféɪ, bu- |bʊ́feɪ /〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C 1 (駅 劇場などの )簡易食堂 ; (列車の簡易 )食堂車, ビュッフェ (buffet car ); (飲食店 パーティ会場などの )立食カウンター, 模擬店 .2 食器棚 (sideboard ).3 セルフサービス [ビュッフェ式 ]の食事 .
buffeting
b ú f fet ing 名詞 C 揺らす [揺れる ]こと ; たたくこと ; 不運 ; 〘空 〙(乱気流による )飛行機の揺れ .
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