buffer

詳細解釋：

buffer

n.（名詞）
One that buffs, especially a piece of soft leather or cloth used to shine or polish.
擦亮者，磨光工人：把東西擦亮的人，尤指用來上不光的軟皮革或布料來擦亮的人
A buffing wheel.
擦光輪

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buffer
buffer 2

n.（名詞）
Something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact.
緩衝器：可以減輕或吸收衝擊的震動的東西
One that protects by intercepting or moderating adverse pressures or influences:
緩衝的人（物）：通過阻攔或節制反作用或負面影響而起保護作用的人或物：
例句：
.A sense of humor . . . may have served as a buffer against the . . . shocks of disappointment.(James Russell Lowell)
.幽默感或許可以當作受到失望打擊時的緩衝物.(詹姆斯·羅素·洛厄爾)

Something that separates potentially antagonistic entities, as an area between two rival powers that serves to lessen the danger of conflict.
緩衝物，緩衝地帶：可用來隔離潛在的對抗性因來的東西，如面敵對勢力用來減輕衝突危險的地帶
Chemistry A substance that minimizes change in the acidity of a solution when an acid or base is added to the solution.
【化學】 緩衝液，緩衝劑：一種當把酸或鹼加入溶液中時能減小溶液酸變的物質
Computer Science A device or area used to store data temporarily and deliver it at a rate different from that at which it was received.
【計算機科學】 緩衝區，緩衝器：用於臨時存貯數據的設備或區域，並以與接收時不同的速度傳輸數據
v.tr.（及物動詞）
buff.ered,buff.er.ing,buff.ers
To act as a buffer for or between.
緩衝：為…沖當緩衝器，在兩者之間充當緩衝劑
Chemistry To treat (a solution) with a buffer.
【化學】 把緩衝液加入（溶液）

來源：
Perhaps from buff [blow, buffet]
可能源自 buff [流動，衝去]
from Middle English buffe
源自 中古英文 buffe
short for buffet
buffet的簡寫
from Old French * see buffet 2
源自 古法文 *參見 buffet2