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a dainty
She offered each guest a dainty from the silver tray.
她给每位客人递上一块银盘上的小点心。
美味佳肴；珍馐
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美味佳肴；珍馐
a delicacy; a choice or pleasing food
She offered each guest a dainty from the silver tray.
她给每位客人递上一块银盘上的小点心。
精美食品；佳肴
A delicacy (choice or pleasing food).
美味佳肴
something considered choice to eat
The hostess served a plate of dainties at the tea party.
女主人端出一盘精致小食。
She considered the small cake a real dainty.
她把那块小蛋糕视为真正的美味。
These dainties were the most popular part of the banquet.
这些精致点心是宴会上最受欢迎的部分。
She offered each guest a dainty from the silver tray.
她给每位客人递上一块银盘上的小点心。
The bakery displayed an assortment of dainties.
面包店陈列着各式精致小食。
Guests enjoyed dainties after the main course.
主菜后客人们享用了精致点心。
Not this
She bought some daintys at the bakery.
Use this
She bought some dainties at the bakery.
dainty 的复数形式是 dainties，而不是 daintys。
Not this
I enjoy eating dainty cakes.
Use this
I enjoy eating dainties.
dainty 作为名词指精致小食，不需要再加 cake。直接用复数形式 dainties 即可。
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一盘美味佳肴
She brought a plate of dainties to the party.
她带了一盘美味佳肴去参加聚会。
端上美味佳肴
The chef served dainties to the guests.
厨师给客人们端上了美味佳肴。
品尝珍馐
We tasted dainties from the local bakery.
我们品尝了当地面包店的珍馐。
精选美味佳肴
The menu offers a selection of dainties.
菜单上提供各种精选美味佳肴。
这难道不是一道端到国王面前的美味佳肴吗？
The pastry chef prepared several dainties for the dessert table.
糕点师为甜点台准备了几道美味佳肴。
发长 /eɪ/ 音 (如 rain, wait)
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dai 像拼音“待”，款待客人时要摆出的珍馐美味。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学文本、正式宴席菜单、历史叙述 作名词表示“美味佳肴、珍馐”时，通常用于正式或带有文学色彩的语境，比较常见于文学作品或正式宴席的描述；日常口语中较少直接使用，可改用 delicacy 或 treat。
只有 painty 与 dainty 完全押韵（/ˈpeɪnti/ 对 /ˈdeɪnti/）。safety /ˈseɪfti/ 和 hasty /ˈheɪsti/ 拼写相似且都以长元音 /eɪ/ 开头，但后面的辅音不同，不押韵。county /ˈkaʊnti/、plenty /ˈplenti/、twenty /ˈtwenti/ 拼写都以 -nty 结尾，但元音分别读 /aʊ/、/ɛ/、/ɛ/，与 dainty 的 /eɪ/ 不同。
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