buffet

ビュッフェ、バイキング

並べられた料理から好きなものを選び、自分で取る形式の食事。

やさしい英語で： A meal with several dishes set out so that people can choose and take their own food.

• Breakfast is a buffet.
• We helped ourselves to food from the buffet.
• Does the hotel offer a dinner buffet?

類義語： smorgasbord

よく使う表現： breakfast buffet, buffet lunch, buffet dinner, hot buffet

軽食堂、売店

飲み物や軽い食事を買えるカウンターや部屋。

やさしい英語で： A counter or room where you can buy drinks and small meals.

• We bought tea at the station buffet.
• The train's buffet was closed.
• She ordered a sandwich from the buffet.

類義語： snack bar, refreshment room

よく使う表現： station buffet, buffet car, railway buffet

サイドボード、食器棚

皿やグラス、テーブルクロスをしまう家具。

やさしい英語で： A piece of furniture used to store plates, glasses, and tablecloths.

• The plates are in the buffet.
• We bought an antique buffet for the dining room.
• She stored the tablecloths in the buffet's drawers.

類義語： sideboard

よく使う表現： antique buffet, wooden buffet, dining room buffet

一撃、殴打

手のひらや拳で打つこと。

やさしい英語で： A hit with a hand or fist.

• He received a buffet to the head.
• One sharp buffet knocked her sideways.
• The guard answered with a buffet of his fist.

類義語： blow, punch, slap

よく使う表現： a hard buffet, buffet to something, receive a buffet

打ち付ける、揺さぶる

何度も強く打ったり押したりする。また、度重なる困難で苦しめる。

やさしい英語で： To hit or push something repeatedly and strongly, or cause it repeated difficulties.

• Strong winds buffeted the house.
• The boat was buffeted by waves all night.
• Repeated crises have buffeted the economy.

使い方： be buffeted by something (The ship was buffeted by huge waves.)

類義語： batter, pound, pummel

よく使う表現： buffet a boat, buffet the coast, buffet the economy

殴る、平手打ちする

手のひらや拳で人を打つ。

やさしい英語で： To hit someone with your hand or fist.

• The guard buffeted the prisoner.
• He buffeted the boy with his open hand.
• She raised her arms as he buffeted her head.

類義語： hit, strike, slap, punch

よく使う表現： buffet someone, buffet someone's head

激しく非難する、攻撃する

厳しい批判や答えにくい質問で人を攻撃する。

やさしい英語で： To attack someone strongly with criticism or difficult questions.

• His critics buffeted him relentlessly.
• The press buffeted the minister with accusations.
• She was buffeted by criticism throughout the debate.

使い方： buffet someone with something (The reporters buffeted him with hostile questions.)

類義語： assail, attack, berate

よく使う表現： buffet someone, buffet with criticism