Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense buffers, present participle buffering, past tense, past participle buffered
1N-COUNT [NOUN n]缓冲物 A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other. 缓冲物 [Also + between]
Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs. [+ against]
存些积蓄以备不时之需。
...a multinational buffer force between the two sides.
双方之间的多国缓冲力量
The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics.
3N-COUNT [usually plural](火车上的)缓冲器;(火车轨道末端的)防撞栅 The buffers on a train or at the end of a railway line are two metal discs on springs that reduce the shock when a train hits them. (火车上的)缓冲器;(火车轨道末端的)防撞栅 [mainly British]
4N-COUNT (电脑内存的)缓冲区 A buffer is an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time. (电脑内存的)缓冲区 [computing]
5N-COUNT 老糊涂;蠢老头 If you say that someone, usually a man, is an old buffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish. 老糊涂;蠢老头 [British, informal, disapproval]
...a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch.
VERB + BUFFER | BUFFER + NOUN | PREPOSITIONVERB + BUFFER➤act as起緩衝作用▸➤provide提供緩衝▸➤use sth as把⋯作為緩衝BUFFER + NOUN➤state, zone緩衝國;緩衝區PREPOSITION➤buffer against針對⋯的緩衝◇A family can provide a buffer against stress at work.家庭能夠起到緩衝工作壓力的作用。➤buffer between⋯之間的緩衝◇The organization acts as a buffer between the management and the union.這個組織在資方與工會之間起緩衝作用。