planned). 0
They went over
budget (= spent too much money). c o
budget cuts fjjf % flj M 2 {BrE also Budget) an official statement by the government of
a country’s income from taxes, etc. and how it will be spent W W X S.
: tax cuts in this year’s budget X
W
$L M
it'J M o a budget deficit (= when the government spends more money
than it earns) m verb ~ (sth) (for sth) | ~ sth (at
sth) to be careful about the amount of money you spend; to plan to spend an
amount of money for a particular purpose fC-'-ilAffjiJI: [V] If we budget carefully we’ll
be able to afford the trip.
fx 0 o I’ve
budgeted for two new members of staff, fg & o 0 [VN] Ten million francs has been
budgeted for the project, fj il X]M Li
& adj. [only before noun] (used in advertising,
etc. XXMX X) low in price jft 1ft M W; ft H A 7j : a budget
flight/hotel / Slit o note at cheap
'budget account noun (BrE) an arrangement with a shop/store or
company to pay your bills in fixed regular amounts and not as one large payment
MJĄ!Sc
budget-ary /'bAd3it0ri; NAmE -teri/ adj. connected with a budget ® : budgetary
control/policies/reform
/ MM
/ o note at economic budgie /'bAd3i/ noun (BrE, informal) == budgerigar buff /bAf/ noun, adj., verb
m noun 1 [C] (used in compounds X
X til A M If M) a person who is very interested in a particular
subject or activity and knows a lot about it :
an
opera buff 2 [U] a pale
yellow-brown colour
A&; Ptm beige
3 [U] soft strong yellowish-
brown leather —
see also blind
man’s buff fTiTfll in the 'buff (informal) wearing no clothes —MAS; fpU
cm naked m adj. 1 pale yellow-brown in
colour : a buff
envelope tkMWiEliiifi EW71
beige 2 (slang) physically
fit and attractive with big muscles $tX ( All A ) MM
u verb [VN] ~ sth (up) to polish sth with a soft
cloth
buffalo /'bAfalau;
NAmE -lou/ noun (pi. buffalo or buffaloes) 1 a large animal of the cow
family. There are two types of buffalo, the African and the Asian, which has
wide, curved horns. /jcA ( 6f f- ttf zK X tfl
XiW A XM
#
) — see also water
buffalo 2 = bison buffer /'bAfa(r)/ noun, verb
m noun 1 ~ (against sth) |
~ (between sth and sth) a thing or person that reduces a shock or
protects sb/sth against difficulties If it ; MM A W A: Support from family and friends
acts as a buffer against stress. M iSfllMAWfm&Lkfio o she often had to act as a
buffer between father and son. # X % X ft 7 2: M ffr M I? A M
o o a buffer state (= a small country between two
powerful states that helps keep peace between them) If MEH ( W®tXtASlA
#
fO X W X H ^ ) o a buffer zone (= an area of land between
two opposing armies or countries) iltK ( M
AIX S ^ AI h] Eft Jfe [X ) 2 (BrE) 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 ( )
$«#§, If
3 (computing if) an area in a computer’s memory where data can be stored for a short time
If #K7 If M If 4 (also old ’buffer) (old-fashioned,
BrE) a silly old man MSrfBM I7»T??1 see hit
v. m verb [VN] 1 to reduce the harmful effects of sth
'>, S If ( \% ilF ) : to buffer the effects of stress on health
2 ~ sb
(against sth) to protect sb from sth U A ^ H: They tried to buffer
themselves against problems and
uncertainties. iMIX-M
up g 3 (computing
it)