taste
味道,品味,口味,味觉
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tast·ed, tast·ing.
- : to try or test the flavor or quality of by taking some into the mouth: to taste food.
- : to eat or drink a little of: She barely tasted her dinner.
- : to eat or drink: He hadn't tasted food for three days.
- : to perceive or distinguish the flavor of: to taste the wine in a sauce.
- : to have or get experience, especially a slight experience: these young men who had only begun to taste life.
- : to perceive in any way.
- : Archaic. to enjoy or appreciate.
- : Obsolete. to examine by touch; feel.to test or try.
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tast·ed, tast·ing.
- : to try the flavor or quality of something.
- : to eat or drink a little: She tasted of the cake.
- : to perceive or distinguish the flavor of anything.
- : to have experience of something, however limited or slight.
- : to have a particular flavor: The coffee tastes bitter. The bread tastes of mold.
- : to smack or savor: The story tastes of treason.
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- : the act of tasting food or drink.
- : the sense by which the flavor or savor of things is perceived when they are brought into contact with the tongue.
- : the sensation or quality as perceived by this sense; flavor.
- : a small quantity tasted; a morsel, bit, or sip.
- : a relish, liking, or partiality for something: a taste for music.
- : the sense of what is fitting, harmonious, or beautiful; the perception and enjoyment of what constitutes excellence in the fine arts, literature, fashion, etc.
- : the sense of what is seemly, polite, tactful, etc., to say or do in a given social situation.
- : one's personal attitude or reaction toward an aesthetic phenomenon or social situation, regarded as either good or bad.
- : the ideas of aesthetic excellence or of aesthetically valid forms prevailing in a culture or personal to an individual: a sample of Victorian taste; I consulted only my own taste in decorating this room.
- : the formal idiom preferred by a certain artist or culture; style; manner: a façade in the Baroque taste.
- : a slight experience or a sample of something: a taste of adventure.
- : a feeling or sensation resulting from an experience: a compromise that left a bad taste in her mouth.
- : Obsolete. test or trial.
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Examples
Last year the company did a taste test for employees, investors, and a group of chefs and restaurateurs.
Olivia Ghaussy got a taste of how quickly anyone can build a following on social media.
They’re oversized, so you’ll never wish you had more fabric, and they come in a few neutral shades to generally fit most tastes.
Rodríguez said on the 14th day of her quarantine she began to lose her sense of taste, suffered from severe headaches and palpitations.
What we didn’t know was how many thousands of you would phone and write asking us to bring back the classic taste of original Coca-Cola.
The taste of metal cutlery after years of plastic can also taste funny.
Whisk in the half and half and season to taste with salt and pepper.
To the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing.
The correspondent does a stand-up next to a burning pile of heroin and gets a taste of its effect.
For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast.
She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor.
In connection with this step the practice of melodies is useful, if one has musical taste.
She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.
A world that has known five years of fighting has lost its taste for the honest drudgery of work.
I had no idea of going back to Benton right away, and sitting around Fort Walsh waiting for something to turn up was not my taste.