| 单词 | taste |
| 释义 | noun | verb tastetaste1 /teɪst/ ●●● S1 W2 noun 1food/mouth a)[singular, uncountable] the feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth SYN flavor: The medicine has a slightly bitter taste.taste of I didn’t like the taste of the coffee. b)[countable usually singular] a small amount of food or drink that you put in your mouth to try it: Can I have a taste of your pie? c)[uncountable] the sense by which you know one food from another: Smoking can damage your sense of taste.2JUDGMENT [uncountable] someone’s judgment about what is good or appropriate when choosing clothes, music, art, etc.: No one with any taste would buy a painting like that. Kate has such good taste.3WHAT YOU LIKE [countable, uncountable] the type of things that you tend to like or like to do: The resort caters to people with expensive tastes.taste for A rafting trip will satisfy your taste for adventure.taste in We have similar tastes in music. She had the whole house redecorated to her taste. The room was too dark for my taste. Olives are an acquired taste (=something that you start to like only when you have tried it several times). You can use either method – the one you choose is largely a matter of taste.4be (in) good/bad/poor taste to be appropriate or inappropriate for a particular occasion: I thought Craig’s joke was in pretty poor taste.5EXPERIENCE [countable usually singular] a small example or short experience of something that shows you what it is like: taste of The program gives city kids a taste of the wilderness. Going away to college was his first taste of freedom.6feeling [singular] the feeling you have after an experience, especially a bad experience: Being laid off with so little notice left a bad taste in my mouth.taste of the sweet taste of victory7to taste if you add salt, spices, etc. to taste, you add as much as you think makes the food taste right. The phrase is used in instructions for cooking. → see also there’s no accounting for taste at account for (5), an acquired taste at acquire (4)COLLOCATIONS– Meanings 2 & 3verbshave ... taste(s) Josh and I have the same taste(s) in clothes.have a taste for something (=like something) She certainly has a taste for adventure.get/develop a taste for something (also acquire a taste for something formal) (=start to like something) At college he developed a taste for performing.share a taste (=have the same taste as someone else) You obviously share her taste in literature.suit/satisfy/appeal to somebody’s tastes (=provide what someone likes) We have music to suit every taste.adjectivessimilar taste(s) (also the same taste(s)) We have similar musical tastes.different taste(s) Their taste in movies is very different.good taste Her clothes indicated wealth and good taste.bad taste The room looked like it had been decorated by someone with extremely bad taste.excellent/exquisite taste She had exquisite taste in clothes.expensive/sophisticated taste(s) (=when someone likes expensive and high-quality things) He was a man of expensive tastes, who always had the best wines and cigars.simple taste(s) He was a man of simple tastes.eclectic taste(s) (=when someone likes a wide variety of different things) Her literary tastes are very eclectic – she likes everything from mysteries to Pulitzer Prize winners.musical/literary/artistic taste(s) My musical tastes changed over the years.your personal taste(s) Which one you choose is a question of personal taste.public/popular taste The store created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste.an acquired taste (=something that people do not like at first) Oysters are an acquired taste. noun | verb tastetaste2 ●●● S1 W2 verb 1[linking verb] to have a particular type of taste: taste good/awful etc. This cake tastes delicious.taste sweet/bitter/salty etc. I don’t like cranberries – they taste kind of sour.taste like something I’ve never had rabbit, but they say it tastes like chicken. The coffee tasted like dishwater (=used to say that coffee or tea is too weak).sweet-tasting/strong-tasting etc. (=having a sweet, strong, etc. taste) a bitter-tasting medicine2[transitive] to eat or drink a small amount of something to see what it is like: Taste your eggs before you put salt on them. Did you taste the salsa?3[transitive not in progressive] to experience the taste of food or drink: I can’t taste anything with this cold. Can you taste the difference?4taste fame/freedom etc. to have a short experience of something that you want more of: There was a lot of hard work before we first tasted success. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French taster to touch, test, taste, from Vulgar Latin taxitare] |
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