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some dinnerware
dinnerware 通常作不可数名词，用 some/the 等限定词修饰。
We need to buy some dinnerware for the new apartment.
我们需要为新公寓买一些餐具。
餐具；整套餐具
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
餐具；整套餐具
tableware, such as plates, platters, and serving bowls, used in serving a meal
We need to buy some dinnerware for the new apartment.
我们需要为新公寓买一些餐具。
盛晚餐用的餐具；晚餐餐具。
The dishes used for serving dinner.
We bought new dinnerware for the family dinners.
我们为家庭聚餐买了新餐具。
The store sells glass dinnerware in different colors.
这家商店出售不同颜色的玻璃餐具。
After the party, she carefully packed the dinnerware into boxes.
聚会后，她小心地把餐具装进箱子里。
dinnerware 通常作不可数名词，用 some/the 等限定词修饰。
We need to buy some dinnerware for the new apartment.
我们需要为新公寓买一些餐具。
表示单件餐具时用 a piece of dinnerware，复数用 pieces of dinnerware。
One piece of dinnerware was cracked during the move.
搬家时有一件餐具裂了。
dinnerware 常用作定语修饰 set，构成复合名词，表示整套餐具。
The wedding gift was a beautiful dinnerware set.
结婚礼物是一套漂亮的餐具。
Not this
I need to buy a dinnerware.
Use this
I need to buy dinnerware.
dinnerware 是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a/an。可以说 buy some dinnerware 或直接 buy dinnerware。
Not this
Please wash the dinner.
Use this
Please wash the dinnerware.
dinner 指晚餐（正餐），而 dinnerware 指餐具（盘子、碗等）。这里要表达“洗餐具”，所以用 dinnerware。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
餐具套装；一套餐具
We bought a new dinnerware set for the dining room.
我们为餐厅买了一套新餐具。
精美餐具；高档餐具
She stores her fine dinnerware in a special cabinet.
她把精美餐具存放在专用橱柜里。
正式餐具；宴会餐具
The formal dinnerware is only used on special occasions.
正式餐具只在特殊场合使用。
配套餐具
They received matching dinnerware as a wedding gift.
他们收到一套配套餐具作为结婚礼物。
瓷器餐具
This china dinnerware has been in the family for generations.
这套瓷器餐具在家族中传了好几代。
日常餐具
We use everyday dinnerware for most meals.
我们大多数用餐都用日常餐具。
Use dinnerware naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
拆开记：dinner（晚餐）+ ware（器皿），晚餐用的一整套餐具，就是dinnerware。
语域：neutral 常见场景：department store tableware section、restaurant supply catalogs、catering and event planning 该词为中性偏正式的常用名词，多用于家居购物、餐饮服务和宴会布置等场合；日常口语中更常说 dishes，但 dinnerware 也自然可用。
以上各词与 dinnerware 都以 -ware 结尾，在通用美式英语中末尾均读 /wɛr/。注意 dinnerware 开头的 dinner /ˈdɪnər/ 不要与 diner /ˈdaɪnər/ 混淆；-ware 也不读作 were /wɜr/。
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