单词 | taste |
释义 | Word Frequency taste(teɪst) noun 1. the sense by which the qualities and flavour of a substance are distinguished by the taste buds 2. the sensation experienced by means of the taste buds 3. the act of tasting 4. a small amount eaten, drunk, or tried on the tongue 5. a brief experience of something a taste of the whip 6. a preference or liking for something; inclination to have a taste for danger 7. the ability to make discerning judgments about aesthetic, artistic, and intellectual matters; discrimination to have taste 8. judgment of aesthetic or social matters according to a generally accepted standard bad taste 9. discretion; delicacy that remark lacks taste 10. obsolete the act of testing verb 11. to distinguish the taste of (a substance) by means of the taste buds 12. (usually tr) to take a small amount of (a food, liquid, etc) into the mouth, esp in order to test the quality to taste the wine 13. (often foll by of) to have a specific flavour or taste the tea tastes of soap this apple tastes sour 14. (when intr, usually foll by of) to have an experience of (something) to taste success 15. (transitive) an archaic word for enjoy 16. (transitive) obsolete to test by touching Derived forms tasteable (ˈtasteable) or tastable (ˈtastable) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French taster, ultimately from Latin taxāre to appraise |
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