| 单词 | not to taste |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnot to taste a. To have or take a taste of (food or drink); to take only as much as is sufficient to try or perceive the taste of, to eat or drink a little; but often by meiosis, simply for ‘eat’ or ‘drink’. Negatively, not to taste = not even to taste, not to eat or drink at all. Also figurative to get a ‘taste’ of. ΚΠ c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Luke xiv. 24 I seie to ȝou, for noone of tho men that ben clepid, schal taaste my souper. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) Noþer durst þai drinc ne ete, Ne brek þair brede, ne tast þair mes Til he war cummen til þair des. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 69 Of mony things we sal taist a few as we may. 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xi. Medit. 35 Wisdom digests, what knowledge did but tast. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 2 I often..taste a cup of Ale there. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Astry tr. D. de Saavedra Fajardo Royal Politician I. 31 It will suffice therefore for a Prince to tast the Arts and Sciences. 1775 W. Mason Gray's Ode Vicissitude in Poems 80 She eyes the clear crystalline well [of Pleasure], And tastes it as it goes. 1853 C. Kingsley Hypatia I. x. 208 He had tasted no food since noon the day before. < as lemmas |
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