Special

(noun.) a television production that features a particular person or work or topic; 'the last of a series of BBC specials on Iran is being shown tonight'.

(noun.) a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising; 'they are having a special on pork chops'.

(noun.) a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant.

(adj.) for a special service or occasion; 'a special correspondent'; 'a special adviser to the committee'; 'had to get special permission for the event' .

(adj.) adapted to or reserved for a particular purpose; 'a special kind of paint'; 'a special medication for arthritis' .

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• Many special tools, particularly those designed for _bicycle work_, have been devised, as exhibited by patent to Hillman, August 11, 1891, No. 457,718. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• But in many cases victory depends not so much on general vigour, but on having special weapons, confined to the male sex. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• It is a poor form of social service that would exhaust the resources of science and philanthropy to care for the former without making any special provision fo r the latter. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Nichols was also with us for a short time conducting a special series of experiments. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I did not understand then that there lay any special significance in his reference to other dainties. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• In ordinary talk they might have passed unheeded; but following on her prolonged pause they acquired a special meaning. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Glass thermometers of the above type are the ones most generally used, but there are many different types for special purposes. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Winnie is a special nature, and for special natures you must give a special world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• I found the ash of a cigar, which my special knowledge of tobacco ashes enables me to pronounce as an Indian cigar. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• It'll come on, in the settens after Term: fourteenth of Febooary, we expect; we've marked it a special jury cause, and it's only ten down the paper. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Mivart has advanced this case as one of special difficulty, but I am unable to see the force of his argument. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Mr Lammle was proud to be so soon distinguished by this special commendation to Miss Podsnap's favour. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He believed without effort in the peculiar work of grace within him, and in the signs that God intended him for special instrumentality. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• This was a joke; so Jinks, Grummer, Dubbley, all the specials, and Muzzle, went into fits of laughter of five minutes' duration. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Is the other specials outside, Dubbley? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.

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