specialty

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Related topics: Food, dish

spe·cial·ty /ˈspeʃəlti/ noun (plural specialties) [countableC] American EnglishAmE

1 DFFBESTa type of food that a person, restaurant, or area is well known for 〔某人、餐馆或地方的〕特色食品 SYN British English speciality

Our specialty is clam chowder.

我们的特色菜是蛤肉汤。

2 BESTKNOW somethinga subject or job that you know a lot about or have a lot of experience of 专业；专门研究；专长 SYN British English speciality

Johnson’s specialty is medieval European history.

约翰逊的专业是中世纪欧洲史。

3 a particular product or business that has one purpose or sells one type of thing 特产；专卖店

an area with clothes retailers and specialty shops

有服装零售店和特产商店的地区

Examples from the Corpus

specialty• House specialties usually showcase a restaurant's strengths, so we asked our server to make some recommendations.• Y., a specialty foods producer whose line of six flavored mustards is just a few weeks into production.• Apply slightly tougher standards for employers who hire temporary foreign workers for specialty jobs in the high-tech industry and elsewhere.• Sports medicine is her specialty.• They are the largest retailer of specialty coffee in North America.• Each village, with its own specialty, fits into an interdependent fishnet structure connecting individuals in the various communities.• Customs also has periodic specialty auctions.• The majority leadership's specialty became mounting filibusters or using other delaying tactics to prevent majority rule.• Their specialty is prime rib.

From Longman Business Dictionary

specialtyspe·cial·ty1 /ˈspeʃəlti/ noun (plural specialties) [countableC] especially American EnglishAmE

a subject or skill that you know a lot about or have a lot of experience inSYN BrE speciality

Their specialty is combining computer hardware of various sorts into a single operating system.

specialtyspecialty2 adjectiveadj especially American EnglishAmECOMMERCE

1specialty products are special or unusual in some way, and are therefore usually expensiveSYN BrE speciality

a specialty chemicals business

2specialty store/restaurant a shop or restaurant that sells products or food that are special or unusual in some way

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