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gustatory

/guhs-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee/US // ˈgʌs təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i //

味觉,味觉的,味觉上的,味觉上

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or relating to taste or tasting.

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Examples

  • They were aiming for the gustatory cortex — the part of the brain that processes taste.

  • The gustatory cortex is located just above and a little in front of your ears.

  • His art collection includes a live tortoise covered in gems and a "flavor organ" on which he can play gustatory fugues.

  • Traveling through Europe, blogger Molly Hannon pauses to reflect on the city of Dijon's legendary gustatory heritage.

  • For the sense of sight cannot perceive taste, nor can color be apprehended by the gustatory sense.

  • Other senses tend to associate themselves with the chromatic sense, for example, the stereognostic and gustatory senses.

  • The only motive for the act, on the part of the original “friends” is friendship, and the gustatory joy of the wedding feast.

  • It is in these sensitive papill that the ramifications of the gustatory or tasting nerves terminate.

  • Thus, a patient's horror of poison may have its first origin in some subjective gustatory sensation.