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缓冲物
A buffer is something that prevents something else from being harmed or that prevents two things from harming each other.
例句
Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs...
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
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保护;保障
If something is buffered, it is protected from harm.
例句
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。
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(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.
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(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.
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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.
例句
...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