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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty \Spe"cial*ty\, n.; pl. {Specialties}. [F.
   sp['e]cialit['e]. Cf. {Speciality}.]
   1. Particularity.

            Specialty of rule hath been neglected. --Shak.

   2. A particular or peculiar case. [Obs.]

   3. (Law) A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by
      deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt
      particularly specified. --Chitty. --Bouvier. --Wharton
      (Law Dict.).

            Let specialties be therefore drawn between us.
                                                  --Shak.

   4. That for which a person is distinguished, in which he is
      specially versed, or which he makes an object of special
      attention; a speciality.

            Men of boundless knowledge, like Humbold, must have
            had once their specialty, their pet subject. --C.
                                                  Kingsley.

资料来源 : WordNet®

specialty
     n 1: an asset of special worth or utility; "cooking is his forte"
          [syn: {forte}, {strong suit}, {long suit}, {metier}, {speciality},
           {strong point}, {strength}] [ant: {weak point}]
     2: a distinguishing trait [syn: {peculiarity}, {specialness}, {speciality},
         {distinctiveness}]
     3: the special line of work you have adopted as your career;
        "his specialization is gastroenterology" [syn: {specialization},
         {specialisation}, {speciality}, {specialism}]