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taste

/teyst/US // teɪst //UK // (teɪst) //

味道,品味,口味,味觉

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.
n.名词 noun
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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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounflavor of some quality
Forms: tasted, tasting
nouninclination, preference
Forms: tasted, tasting
nounjudgment, propriety
Forms: tasted, tasting
verbjudge, try
Forms: tasted, tasting

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.