A delicatessen is a shop that sells high-quality cheeses, salads, cooked meats, and other fine ready-to-eat food.

A delicatessenDelicatessen這個字 is a shop that sells high-quality cheeses, salads, cooked meats, and other fine ready-to-eat food是一種賣高級乳酪、沙拉、熟肉和其他精緻即食食物的店

The name began as a German word for those delicacies themselves — the foods — and English first used it that way. The shop sense is later: people said delicatessen shop or delicatessen store so often that the extra word dropped away, and delicatessen came to mean the place. That is still the usual dictionary meaning now.

The name began as a German word for those delicacies themselves — the foods這個名字最早是德文，指的是那些美食本身——也就是食物, and English first used it that way英文一開始也是這樣用. The shop sense is later指「商店」的意思是後來才有的: people said delicatessen shop or delicatessen store so often that the extra word dropped away人們常說delicatessen shop或delicatessen store，說久了多餘的字就掉了, and delicatessen came to mean the placedelicatessen就變成指這個地方. That那個意思 is still the usual dictionary meaning now到現在仍是字典裡常見的意思

In everyday speech, especially in American English, the short form deli has largely taken over for the shop; delicatessen can sound a little fuller or more old-fashioned, or it can still name a grander counter of fine foods. You may see it shortened on signs.

In everyday speech, especially in American English在日常說話裡，尤其是美式英文, the short form deli has largely taken over for the shop縮寫deli大致上已經取代了指商店的說法; delicatessen can sound a little fuller or more old-fashioneddelicatessen聽起來可能比較完整或比較老派, or it can still name a grander counter of fine foods或者仍然可以指比較高檔的精緻食物櫃檯. You你 may see it shortened on signs可能會在招牌上看到它被縮寫