taste
noun /teɪst/
/teɪst/
Idioms - [countable, uncountable] the particular quality that different foods and drinks have that allows you to recognize them when you put them in your mouth
味道；滋味 - a sweet/salty/bitter/sour taste
甜味/咸味/苦味/酸味 - I don't like the taste of olives.
我不喜欢橄榄的味道。 - This dish has an unusual combination of tastes and textures.
这道菜的味道和口感搭配得很奇特。 - The soup has very little taste.
这汤没什么味道。
Wordfinder- binge
- calorie
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- digest
- eat
- fattening
- food
- meal
- restaurant
- taste
Wordfinder- bitter
- bland
- hot
- pungent
- savoury
- sour
- spicy
- sweet
- tart
- taste
Topics Cooking and eatinga2- Don't have a cigarette now—you'll spoil the taste of your food!
现在不要抽烟 － 你会吃不出饭菜的真正味道！ - He sensed the taste of blood in his mouth.
他感觉到嘴里有血的味道。 - I had a strong coffee to take away the nasty taste of the food.
我喝了一杯浓咖啡来消除食物恶心的味道。 - She savoured the taste of the champagne.
她品嚐了香槟的味道。 - The drink left a bitter taste in his mouth.
那饮料在他口中留下一丝苦味。 - You need to use fresh herbs to get the authentic Italian taste.
你需要用新鲜的芳草料才能做出正宗的意大利风味来。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delicious
- fresh
- nice
- …
- have
- leave
- affect
- …
- buds
- a sweet/salty/bitter/sour taste
- [uncountable] the sense you have that allows you to recognize different foods and drinks when you put them in your mouth
味觉 - I've lost my sense of taste.
我尝不出味道。
- I've lost my sense of taste.
- [countable, usually singular] a small quantity of food or drink that you try in order to see what it is like
少许尝的东西；一口；一点儿 - Just have a taste of this cheese.
尝一点儿这种奶酪吧。 - Do you want a taste?
你想尝尝吗？
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- small
- …
- get
- have
- taste
- …
- taste of
- a taste of things to come
- Just have a taste of this cheese.
- [singular] a short experience of something
体验；尝试 - This was my first taste of live theatre.
这是我初次在现场看戏。 - Although we didn't know it, this incident was a taste of things to come.
尽管当时我们并不知道，但这件事是后来一系列事件的开端。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brief
- little
- small
- …
- get
- have
- taste
- …
- taste of
- a taste of things to come
- This was my first taste of live theatre.
- [uncountable] a person’s ability to choose things that people recognize as being of good quality or appropriate
鉴赏力；欣赏力 - taste in something He has very good taste in music.
他有很高的音乐欣赏力。 - They've got more money than taste.
他们有钱，但品味不高。 - She's famous for her impeccable taste and style.
她以无可挑剔的品味和风格而闻名。
Topics Preferences and decisionsb2- The room was furnished with taste.
这个房间布置得很雅致。 - The remark showed a deplorable lack of taste.
那些话语显示出极差的品位。 - The designer has exercised good taste in her choice of fabrics.
设计师在面料选择上表现出不俗的品味。 - Her work is executed with impeccable taste.
她的作品体现了无可挑剔的品味。 - Contemporary arbiters of taste dismissed his paintings as rubbish.
当代鉴赏家把他的画斥为垃圾。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- excellent
- exquisite
- fine
- …
- reflect
- show
- exercise
- …
- in … taste
- with taste
- taste in
- …
- an arbiter of taste
- in the best possible taste
- in the worst possible taste
- …
- taste in something He has very good taste in music.
- [countable, uncountable] what a person likes or prefers
爱好；志趣 - You can adapt the recipe to suit your personal taste.
你可以调整食谱以适合你的个人口味。 - taste for something That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel.
那次旅游使我产生了去国外旅行的兴趣。 - to develop/acquire a taste for luxury
培养/获得对奢侈品的爱好 - taste in something He has very expensive taste in clothes.
他对服装很有品味。 - The colour and style is a matter of personal taste
颜色和式样是个人爱好问题。 - to somebody's taste Modern art is not to everyone's taste.
现代艺术不见得适合每个人的口味。
Topics Preferences and decisionsb2- There are trips to suit all tastes.
有适合各种喜好的旅游。 - They have a taste for adventure.
他们喜欢冒险。 - Her choice of outfit demonstrated her taste for the outrageous.
她选那样的套装彰显了她大胆独特的个人趣味。 - Now he is retired he has time to indulge his tastes for writing and politics.
现在他退休了，有时间去满足自己在写作和政治方面的兴趣了。 - People with a taste for complex plots will enjoy this book.
喜欢复杂情节的人会喜欢这本书。 - Her music appeals to popular taste.
她的音乐符合大众口味。 - His tastes run to the exotic.
他喜欢异国情调。 - If fishing is not to your taste, there are many other leisure activities on offer.
如果你对钓鱼不感兴趣，这里还提供许多其他的休闲活动。 - The house reflected his tastes.
这座房子反映了他的品味。 - The music was too modern for my taste.
这音乐对我这种品味的人来说太现代了。 - You obviously share her taste in reading.
显然你也和她一样喜欢读书。 - He has an unusual taste in music.
他对音乐有独特的鉴赏力。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- catholic
- eclectic
- varied
- …
- have
- like
- share
- …
- lie
- run
- change
- …
- for somebody’s taste
- to taste
- to your taste
- …
- a man/woman of … tastes
- a matter of (personal) taste
- a wide range/variety of tastes
- …
- You can adapt the recipe to suit your personal taste.
of food and drink
sense感觉官能
small quantity少量
short experience短暂经历
ability to choose well判断力
what you like喜好
词源Middle English (also in the sense ‘touch’): from Old French tast (noun), taster (verb) ‘touch, try, taste’, perhaps based on a blend of Latin tangere ‘to touch’ and gustare ‘to taste’.
Idioms
an acquired taste
- a thing that you do not like much at first but gradually learn to like
养成的爱好 - Abstract art is an acquired taste.
要慢慢培养才会欣赏抽象艺术。
- Abstract art is an acquired taste.
be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. taste
- to be offensive and not at all appropriate
趣味低级；粗俗；不得体 - Most of his jokes were in very poor taste.
他的笑话大多粗俗不堪。
- Most of his jokes were in very poor taste.
be in good, the best possible, etc. taste
- to be appropriate and not at all offensive
适度；得体 - The love scenes are all done in the best possible taste.
爱情场景的设计品味极佳。
- The love scenes are all done in the best possible taste.
leave a bad/nasty taste in the mouth
- (of events or experiences
事件或经历 使后来感到厌恶（或羞耻）；留下坏印象 - The whole business left a bad taste in my mouth.
整件事让我苦不堪言。
- The whole business left a bad taste in my mouth.
a taste/dose of your own medicine
- the same bad treatment that you have given to others
自己曾给别人的苦头 - Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine.
让那个恶棍得到报应吧。
- Let the bully have a taste of his own medicine.
there’s no accounting for taste
- (saying) used to say how difficult it is to understand why somebody likes somebody/something that you do not like at all
人的爱憎好恶是无法解释的；人各有所好 - She thinks he's wonderful—oh well, there's no accounting for taste.
她认为他了不起。嗯，算了，人各有所好嘛。
- She thinks he's wonderful—oh well, there's no accounting for taste.
to taste
- in the quantity that is needed to make something taste the way you prefer
按口味；适量 - Add salt and pepper to taste.
适量放盐和胡椒粉。
- Add salt and pepper to taste.