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buffet

B2 verb

Các nghĩa

  1. tát, vả

    To strike with a buffet; to cuff; to slap.

    transitive

    They spit in his face and buffeted him.

  2. công kích dữ dội, chỉ trích gay gắt

    To aggressively challenge, denounce, or criticise.

    figuratively · transitive

  3. đánh liên hồi, va đập liên tục

    To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against.

    to buffet the billows

  4. bịt (chuông) cho bớt kêu

    To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper.

  5. vật lộn, chống chọi

    To struggle, contend; also in figurative or extended use: to move as if driven by force.

    intransitive

    Again the chirpy tone did nothing to pacify the woman holding on to her ankles. Soon Zoe was buffeting back and forward through the hole.

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