buffer

noun

1. 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）
2. （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
3. 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
4. 愚蠢老头
   a silly old man

verb

1. 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
2. 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。
3. 缓冲存储；缓存
   to hold data for a short time before using it

1. N-COUNT 缓冲物
   A buffer is 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。
2. VERB 保护；保障
   If something is 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。
3. （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.
4. （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.
5. N-COUNT 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.
   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

1. Keep savings as a buffer against unexpected cash needs
   存些积蓄以备不时之需。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. 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。
6. A hold buffer provides temporary storage for text.
   保持缓存为文本提供了临时存储。
7. 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。
8. 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。
9. The output shows that the string "/ export/ home/ sean" was returned in the buffer.
   输出内容中显示了字符串“/export/home/sean”返回到缓冲区。
10. The buffer cache buffers requests between the file systems and the block devices that they manipulate.
    缓冲区缓存会缓存文件系统和相关块设备之间的请求。
11. This method analyzes the characters in the buffer and provides tokens to the parser.
    此方法分析缓冲区中的字符并为解析器提供标记（token）。
12. 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。
13. NIO gives you more control over buffer management& by letting you run it!
    而NIO向您提供了对缓冲区管理的更多控制―通过让您运行它！
14. It contains control block information for tables, indexes, table spaces, and buffer pools.
    它包含表、索引、表空间和缓冲池的控制块信息。
15. When you instantiate an object, the corresponding JavaScript code is stored in an internal buffer.
    在实例化一个对象时，会把对应的JavaScript代码存储在一个内部缓冲区中。
16. This option is used to display the configuration parameters and buffer pools changes performed by STMM.
    此示例显示STMM执行的配置参数和缓冲区池修改。
17. 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。
18. Stack and buffer overflows are two of the most common problems in the C and C++ world.
    堆栈和缓冲溢出是C和C++环境中两个常见的问题。
19. It also creates the data buffer that holds the response data.
    它还创建了用于存储响应数据的数据缓冲区。
20. Memory allocated includes buffer pools, locklist, database heap, utility heap, package cache and catalog cache.
    分配的内存包括缓冲区池、锁列表、数据库堆、实用程序堆、包缓存和编目缓存。
21. This is the layout for database partition groups, buffer pools and tablespaces.
    这是用于数据库分区组、缓冲池和表空间的布局。
22. This allocation allows the thread to continue to run while a full trace buffer is written to the filesystem.
    当一个跟踪缓冲区满了时，将它写到文件系统中，这使线程能够连续运行。
23. This protects against stack, buffer, and function pointer overflows, all without recompilation.
    这样将保护程序代码避免堆栈、缓冲区和函数指针溢出，而且全都不需重新编译。
24. 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。
25. A fix for a buffer overflow problem in dhcpd ( 8).
    修复了dhcpd（8）中的缓冲区溢出问题。
26. 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。
27. The use of network buffer and double data links decreases the impact from variable network delay.
    使用网络时延缓冲器和网络双连接，降低了网络可变时延对系统的影响。
28. This optional area is used to buffer large I/ O requests for various server processes.
    这可选的地方是用来缓存对服务器进程的比较大的I/O要求的。
29. Lucy: We have a buffer dinner and a fashion show.
    露西：我们安排了自助餐和时装表演。
30. Now you have to give me a buffer of time.
    现在给你也给我一个缓冲的时间。

n.

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

1. an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block

   Synonym:    buff

2. a cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact

   Synonym:    fender

3. a power tool used to buff surfaces

   Synonym:    polisher

4. (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

5. an inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track

   Synonym:    fendercowcatcherpilot

6. a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created in order to diminish the danger of conflict

   Synonym:    buffer zone

7. (chemistry) an ionic compound that resists changes in its pH

verb

1. add a buffer (a solution)
   1. buffered saline solution for the eyes

2. protect from impact
   1. cushion the blow

   Synonym:    cushionsoften