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buffet + noun (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
buffet 可直接修饰三餐名词，表示“自助形式的”。
The hotel serves a buffet breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m.
这家酒店上午7点到10点供应自助早餐。
自助餐；自助餐台
buffets — plural of buffet
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
自助餐；自助餐台
A meal or counter where guests serve themselves from a range of dishes.
The hotel serves a buffet breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m.
这家酒店上午7点到10点供应自助早餐。
用于供应或出售食物和饮料的柜台或餐具柜
A counter or sideboard from which food and drinks are served or may be bought.
用手或类似物、固体物或风所致的击打。
A blow or cuff with or as if with the hand, or by any other solid object or the wind.
餐边柜,带搁板和抽屉
a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers
以这种方式摆放的食物,供食客自助
Food laid out in this way, to which diners serve themselves.
The antique buffet in the dining room has been in the family for generations.
餐厅里的那个古董餐具柜已经传了好几代了。
We decided to have a buffet for lunch so that guests could choose what they liked.
我们决定午饭吃自助餐，这样客人可以自己选择喜欢的食物。
He stopped at a small buffet for a quick sandwich and a beer.
他在一家廉价小酒吧停下来，快速吃了个三明治并喝了杯啤酒。
buffet 可直接修饰三餐名词，表示“自助形式的”。
The hotel serves a buffet breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m.
这家酒店上午7点到10点供应自助早餐。
at the buffet 指在自助餐台或取餐区域，用于描述取餐地点。
You can choose whatever you like at the buffet.
你可以在自助餐台挑选你喜欢的任何食物。
a buffet of... 用于说明自助餐包含的食物种类，of 后接具体菜式。
The restaurant offers a buffet of fresh seafood every weekend.
这家餐厅每周末提供新鲜海鲜自助餐。
Not this
We had buffet for lunch.
Use this
We had a buffet for lunch.
buffet 作“自助餐”讲是可数名词，前面需要冠词或限定词（如 a/the）。汉语说“吃自助餐”没有冠词，易漏掉；英语中 a buffet 指一顿自助餐。
Not this
The failure was a buffet to his confidence.
Use this
The failure was a blow to his confidence.
buffet 的“打击”义只表示具体的物理击打（如风击、手击），不能用于抽象的情感打击；表达“对信心/精神的打击”应用 blow。这是受中文“打击”宽泛含义的影响而产生的误用。
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自助早餐
The hotel offers a buffet breakfast with fresh fruit and pastries.
这家酒店供应自助早餐，有新鲜水果和糕点。
自助餐台
The chef is restocking the buffet table before the guests arrive.
厨师正在客人到来之前补充自助餐台上的食物。
（火车上的）餐车
We grabbed a coffee from the buffet car during the train journey.
火车旅途中，我们从餐车拿了一杯咖啡。
冷餐自助
The party was served with a cold buffet, so no cooking was needed.
聚会提供冷餐自助，所以不需要烹饪。
自助式
Many restaurants now offer a buffet style that allows diners to try a little of everything.
许多餐厅现在提供自助式服务，让食客可以每样都尝一点。
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自助餐 buffet 读起来像“不肥的”，吃时安慰自己不会胖；但它也有“打击”的意思，别吃太多被体重打击。
语域：mixed 常见场景：restaurant/catering、home furniture、formal/literary writing 该词最常见的是餐饮义（自助餐或食品台），多用于宾馆、餐厅等日常场景，语气中性；家具义（餐边柜）也常见于家居语境；而‘打击、撞击’义较正式，多见于文学或书面描写。日常交流中通常优先取餐饮义。
可数名词；常与lunch, dinner等连用构成复合词，如buffet lunch（自助午餐）。
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