Vacate Buffer Zones/drone operations, buffoons,bucolic,

 

I feared being marooned amongst buffers and buffoons, bucolics, butties, and Blimps.

The Oxford Book of English Short Stories,Second Edition,edited by A. S. Byatt,, p.xv

 

Tensions Flare Between U.S. and Pakistan After Strike

By SALMAN MASOOD and ERIC SCHMITT

Saying at least 25 of its soldiers were killed by NATO aircraft, Pakistan closed the alliance's two main supply routes into Afghanistan and ordered the C.I.A. to vacate drone operations at an air base.

North Korea Warns South Over Buffer Zone
By CHOE SANG-HUN
North Korea condemned the U.S. and South Korea for allowing tours in the zone dividing the Korean Peninsula.

Russians Vacate Buffer Zones in Georgia
By OLESYA VARTANYAN and ELLEN BARRY
Russia removed its last checkpoints from the buffer zones outside the breakaway enclaves of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, fulfilling a key requirement of a cease-fire agreement.Comcast Wins in Market-Share Case

A federal court handed Comcast a victory by vacating a FCC rule dictating that cable operators can't serve more than 30% of cable subscribers.

va・cate[ vikeit | vkit ]v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates. v.tr. To cease to occupy or hold; give up. To empty of occupants or incumbents. Law. To make void or annul; countermand: vacate a death sentence. v.intr. To leave a job, office, or lodging. [Latin vacāre, vacāt-, to be empty.]

「vacate」を新グローバル英和辞典でも検索する

[動](他)((形式)) 1 …をからにする, あける；…から取り除く. 2 〈家・部屋・座席を〉あける, 明け渡す, 立ち退く；〈職・地位を〉退く, 辞する ・ Visitors are required to vacate their rooms before 12 noon. 宿泊のお客様は正午までに部屋をあけてください. 3 〈契約などを〉無効にする ・ vacate a contract 契約を取り消す ・ vacate a previous court decision 先の裁判所の決定を無効にする. ━━(自) 1 家［部屋など］をあける, 明け渡す, 立ち退く；辞任する, やめる. 2 ((米話))立ち去る；休暇をとる. v・cat・a・ble [形]

buff・er1[ bfr ]

「buffer」を新グローバル英和辞典でも検索する

[名] 1 （鉄道車両などの）緩衝器；((～s))((英))（線路の）緩衝器つき車止め；（…の）衝撃［苦痛など］を和らげる物［人］, （…の）盾となる物［人］((against ...)) ・ The child was a buffer between the quarreling parents. 子供が間にはいって両親の口論をなだめた. 2 ＝buffer state. 3 《コンピュ》バッファー, 緩衝記憶装置. 4 《化》緩衝剤；緩衝液. ━━[動](他) 1 《化》…を緩衝液で処理する. 2 〈衝撃・危険などを〉防ぐ, 減じる；〈痛みを〉和らげる. 3 《コンピュ》〈データを〉バッファーに保留する. buffoon [名]((古風))1 道化（師）.2 おどけ者, 下品な冗談を言う人；粗野［無教養］な人 play the buffoonおどける.━━[動](他)…を茶化す.━━(自)おどける.buf・foo... bucolic[bu・col・ic]   発音記号[bjuːkɑ'lik | -kɔ'l-] [形]((文)) 1 牧羊者の, 羊飼いの. 2 田園的な；素朴な；牧歌的な. ━━[名]田園詩, 牧歌. bu・col・i・cal・ly [副] butty[but・ty]   発音記号[bʌ'ti] [名] 1 ((英略式))仲間, 同僚, 相棒. 2 親方, 監督, 組頭(foreman). 3 ((英略式))サンドイッチ.