Diary/dairi/是日記(a daily record of events in ones life)或日記本。例:
Keeping a diary will do us a lot of good.
記日記對我們大有裨益。
I got out my diary and made a note in it.
我掏出日記本,在上面作了摘錄。
Dairy/de+ri/是牛奶店或乳品場( a place where milk,butter or cheese is produced or sold)。例:
The dairy farm keeps many dairy cows.
乳牛場飼養了很多乳牛。
Dairy products are among the chief exports of Australia.
乳製品是澳洲主要出口之一。
Daily/deili/是日報(newspaper sold every day);它亦可用作形容詞和副詞,表示每日(every day)之意。如:
We have subscribed to the China Daily.(n.)
我們已訂閱《中國日報》。
We made daily visits to him when he was hospitalized.(adj.)
他在住院期間,我們每天都去探望他。
They phoned the hospital daily to find how he was.(adv.)
他們每天打電話給醫院詢問他的病況。