taste
n
1 [C, U] sensation caused in the tongue by things placed on it 味道
Sugar has a sweet taste. 糖有甜味.
a strong taste of garlic 很濃的蒜味
I don't like the taste of this cheese. 我不喜歡這乳酪的味道.
a wine that has no/very little/not much taste 沒味的[味淡的/沒什麼味的]酒.
2 [U] sense by which flavour is known 味覺
I've got a cold and so I have no taste/have lost my sense of taste. 我傷風了, 嘗不出味道.
bitter to the taste 苦味.
3 [C usu sing 通常作單數]~ (of sth)
(a) small quantity of food or drink taken as a sample (品嘗的)少量食物或飲料
Just have a taste of this cheese! 嘗一點兒這種乳酪吧!
(b) (fig 比喻) first/early experience of sth 首次的[最初的]經歷或體驗; 嘗試
her first taste of life in a big city 她對大城市生活初次的體驗
Although we didn't know it, this incident was a taste of things to come. 我們當時并不了解, 這件事就是後來這類事的發端.
4 [C, U] ~ (for sth) liking or preference 愛好; 嗜好
She has a taste for foreign travel. 她有到國外旅行的愛好.
have expensive tastes in clothes 喜歡昂貴的衣服
Modern art is not (to) everyone's taste, ie Many people dislike it. 現代藝術不見得合所有人的口味(很多人不喜歡).
5 [U] ability to perceive and enjoy what is beautiful or harmonious, or to behave in an appropriate and a pleasing way 判斷力; 鑒賞力; 審美力; 欣賞力; 適度而得體的舉止
have excellent taste in clothes, art, music, etc 對服裝、 藝術、 音樂等很有鑒賞力
He's got more money than taste, ie is rich but unrefined. 他有錢卻無修養.
a room furnished in/with perfect taste 布置得相當雅致的房間
It would be bad taste to refuse their invitation. 拒絕他們的邀請是不禮貌的.
6 (idm 習語) an acquired taste => acquire. (be) in good, bad, poor, the best of, theworst of, etc `taste (of sb's behaviour, etc) appropriateand pleasing/unsuitable and offensive (指某人的舉止等)適度而得體[失當而粗俗]
She always dresses in the best possible taste. 她總是穿得很雅致.
I thought his jokes were in very poor taste. 我認為他講的笑話太粗俗了. leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth => leave1. there's no accounting for taste => account2. to `taste (esp in recipes) in the amount preferred (尤用於食譜中)適量
Add salt to taste. 按口味放鹽.
taste v
1 [I, Tn] (not used in the continuous tenses; often with can 不用於進行時態; 常與can連用) be able to perceive (flavours) 能辨別(味道); 嘗出; 品出
I can't taste, I've got a bad cold. 我得了重感冒, 嘗不出味道來.
Can you taste the garlic in this stew? 你嘗得出燉肉里有大蒜味兒嗎?
2 [La, Ipr] ~ (of sth) have a certain (specified) flavour 有某種(所指的)味道
taste sour, bitter, sweet, etc 有酸、 苦、 甜等味
It tastes strongly of mint. 這有挺沖的薄荷味兒.
3 [Tn] test the flavour of (sth) 嘗(某物)的味道; 品
He tasted the soup to see if he had put enough salt in it. 他嘗嘗湯, 看是否夠咸. =>Usage at feel1 用法見feel1.
4 [Tn] eat or drink (food or liquid) 吃(食物); 喝(液體)
They hadn't tasted hot food for over a week. 他們已有一個多星期沒吃上熱東西了.
That's the best wine I've ever tasted. 那是我喝過的最好的酒.
5 [Tn] (fig 比喻) experience (sth) 體驗, 領略(某事)
taste power, freedom, failure, defeat, etc 嘗到權力、 自由、 失敗、 挫敗等的滋味.
?? 擴展釋義
*[teist]n. 味道, 品味, 味覺, 感受, 體驗, 愛好, 審美, 少量vt. 嘗, 察覺...的味道, 體會vi. 品嘗, 察覺味道, 有某種味道【醫】 味覺, 味相關詞組: in good taste in excellent taste to taste to the queen's taste in bad taste taste of
?? 同為「初中」詞匯
fingern. 手指;指狀物;指針;
vt. 伸出;告發;用手指觸摸;
vi. 用手指觸摸;撥弄;
hidevt. 隱藏;躲避,隱匿,躲藏;遮蔽,覆蓋;
vi. 隱瞞;遮住;遮擋;掩蓋;
n. 獸皮;<口>生命;<口>人的皮膚;(觀看野生動物的)隱蔽處;