| 释义 |
taste /tāst/ noun- The act of tasting
- The particular sensation caused by a substance on the tongue
- The sense by which we perceive the flavour of a thing
- The quality or flavour of anything
- A small portion
- An experience
- Discernment of, or accordance with, what is socially right or acceptable
- The faculty by which the mind perceives the beautiful or elegant
- Fine perception
- Choice, predilection, liking
- The act of testing (obsolete)
transitive verb- To try, or to perceive, by the sense located in the tongue and palate
- To try or test by eating or drinking a small amount
- To eat or drink a small amount of
- To partake of
- To experience, perceive
- To try, test (obsolete)
- To relish, enjoy (archaic)
- To enjoy carnally (Shakespeare)
- To give a flavour to (rare)
intransitive verb- To try or perceive by the mouth
- To have a flavour (with of)
- To act as taster
ORIGIN: OFr taster (Fr tâter), as if from a LL frequentative of L taxāre to touch, handle, estimate, from tangere to touch tāstˈable adjective tāstˈed adjective Having a taste tasteˈful adjective - Full of taste
- Having a pleasant or a high relish
- Showing good taste
tasteˈfully adverb tasteˈfulness noun tasteˈless adjective - Without taste
- Without good taste
- Insipid
tasteˈlessly adverb tasteˈlessness noun tāstˈer noun - Someone skilful in distinguishing flavours by the taste
- Someone employed to test the innocuousness of food by tasting it before serving it to his or her master or mistress (historical)
- Any implement or device used to obtain samples for tasting
- A publisher's reader (informal)
- An extract or sample (informal)
tāstˈily adverb tāstˈiness noun tāstˈing noun - The action of the verb
- An event at which wine, cheese, etc is sampled
tāstˈy adjective (tāstˈier; tāstˈiest) - Savoury, appetizing
- Interesting, attractive (slang)
- Tasteful (informal)
taste bud noun A group of cells on the tongue sensitive to taste (also taste bulb) good taste Intuitive feeling for what is aesthetically or socially right to one's taste To one's liking, agreeable to one |