speciality

speciality
[ˌspɛʃɪˈalɪti]
(主北美 主医 亦作 specialty)
(pl. -ies)
  1. a pursuit, area of study, or skill to which someone has devoted much time and effort and in which they are expert
    特殊才能;专长
    his speciality was watercolours.
    他的专长是画水彩画。
    ■a product, especially a type of food, which a person or region is famous for making well
    特产(尤指特色食品)
    ■[as modifier]meeting particular tastes or needs
    特制品;特需品
    speciality potatoes for salads.
    制作沙拉的特种土豆。
    ■(常作 specialty)a branch of medicine or surgery
    专科;专外科
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting the quality of being special or distinctive): from Old French especialite or late Latin specialitas, from Latin specialis (see special)
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