buffer

英 [ˈbʌfə(r)]

美 [ˈbʌfər]

n. 缓冲物; 起缓冲作用的人; (火车头尾或轨道末端的)减震器，缓冲器; 缓存区; 缓冲存储区; 缓冲存储器
v. 减少，减缓(伤害); 保护; 使不受…的侵害; 缓冲存储; 缓存

复数：buffers　过去式：buffered　过去分词：buffered　现在分词：buffering　第三人称单数：buffers　

Collins.1 / BNC.6531 / COCA.8759

习惯用语

hit the buffers

（计划、事业等）突然受挫
if a plan, sb's career, etc. hits the buffers , it suddenly stops being successful

noun

缓冲物；起缓冲作用的人
a thing or person that reduces a shock or protects sb/sth against difficulties
1. Support from family and friends acts as a buffer against stress.
  家庭和朋友的支持有助于减缓压力。
2. She often had to act as a buffer between father and son.
  她常常不得不在父子之间扮演调解人角色。
3. a buffer state (= a small country between two powerful states that helps keep peace between them)
  缓冲国（两敌对大国之间有助于维持和平的小国家）
4. a buffer zone (= an area of land between two opposing armies or countries)
  缓冲区（两敌对军队或国家之间的地区）
（火车头尾或轨道末端的）减震器，缓冲器
one of two round metal devices on the front or end of a train, or at the end of a railway/railroad track, that reduce the shock if the train hits sth
缓存区；缓冲存储区；缓冲存储器
an area in a computer's memory where data can be stored for a short time
愚蠢老头
a silly old man

verb

减少，减缓（伤害）
to reduce the harmful effects of sth
1. to buffer the effects of stress on health
  减少压力对健康的影响
保护；使不受…的侵害
to protect sb from sth
1. They tried to buffer themselves against problems and uncertainties.
  他们尽力保护自己免受困难和不确定因素的影响。
缓冲存储；缓存
to hold data for a short time before using it

N-COUNT 缓冲物
Abufferis something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.
1. Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs...
  存些积蓄以备不时之需。
2. ...a multinational buffer force between the two sides...
  双方之间的多国缓冲力量
3. The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics.
  监狱局在部长和他的批评者中间扮演缓冲角色。
VERB 保护；保障
If somethingis buffered, it is protected from harm.
1. The company is buffered by long-term contracts with growers.
  公司通过与种植户签订长期合同得到保障。
（火车上的）缓冲器；（火车轨道末端的）防撞栅
Thebufferson 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.
（电脑内存的）缓冲区
Abufferis an area in a computer's memory where information can be stored for a short time.
N-COUNT 老糊涂；蠢老头
If you say that someone, usually a man, is an oldbuffer, you mean that you think they are rather foolish.
1. ...a collection of old buffers who meet at the Grosvenor House once a month for lunch.
  每月一次在格罗夫纳大厦进行午餐聚会的一群蠢老头们

noun

an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block
Synonym:buff
a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
Synonym:fender
a power tool used to buff surfaces
Synonym:polisher
(computer science) a part of RAM used for temporary storage of data that is waiting to be sent to a device
Synonym:buffer storagebuffer store
an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Synonym:fendercowcatcherpilot
a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict
Synonym:buffer zone
(chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

verb

Now you have to give me a buffer of time.
现在给你也给我一个缓冲的时间。
This improves performance for these LOBs because you can access them through the buffer pool.
这提高了这些LOB的性能，因为可以通过缓冲区池对其进行访问。
Turkey and Greece were buffer states against the former Soviet Union.
土耳其和希腊是前苏联与反苏国家之间的缓冲国。
You also can select the frame that you want to examine by right-clicking it in the stack buffer.
你也可以在stackbuffer中右键单击以选择你要查看的frame。
If you call an object's method, the code is added to the internal buffer.
如果调用一个对象的方法，代码也被添加到内部缓冲区中。
It is foolish to believe that romantic love will buffer you against life's hardships.
认为浪漫的爱情可以使你躲开生活的艰辛是一种愚蠢的想法。
In the above set of commands, buffer pools and table spaces have been created.
使用上面这组命令将创建缓冲池和表空间。
Having more than one buffer pool can preserve data in the buffers.
拥有多个缓冲池可以将数据保存在缓冲区中。
The Prison Service acts as a buffer between the minister and his critics.
监狱局在部长和他的批评者中间扮演缓冲角色。
To solve this problem, Lucene holds a buffer in the RAM.
为了解决这个问题，Lucene在内存中持有一块缓冲区。