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buffeted 音标拼音: [bəf'ed] [b'ʌf ,ɪtɪd] buffeted adj 1: pounded or hit repeatedly by storms or adversities [ synonym: { buffeted}, { storm- tossed}, { tempest- tossed}, { tempest- tost}, { tempest- swept}] battered \ battered\ adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon. Syn: beat- up, beaten- up, bedraggled, broken- down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble- down, unsound. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of { unbattered}. [ Narrower terms: { buffeted}; { storm- tossed, tempest- tossed, tempest- tost, tempest- swept}] [ WordNet 1. 5] 3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [ WordNet 1. 5] 4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife. Syn: beaten. [ WordNet 1. 5]
buffeted \ buffeted\ adj. struck repeatedly; -- used especially of impact from winds, and sometimes metaphorically; as, buffeted by criticism. [ WordNet 1. 5 PJC]
Buffet \ Buf" fet\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Buffeting}.] [ OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. [ 1913 Webster] They spit in his face and buffeted him. -- Matt. xxvi. 67. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. [ 1913 Webster] The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. -- Broome. [ 1913 Webster] You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. -- W. Black. [ 1913 Webster] 3. [ Cf. { Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of ( bells) by muffling the clapper. [ 1913 Webster]
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