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taste
Word family
taste1 /teɪst/ ●●● S2 W2 noun
1 food 食物
a) [countableC, uncountableU]TASTE OF FOOD OR DRINK the feeling that is produced by a particular food or drink when you put it in your mouth 味道，滋味 SYN flavour
b) [uncountableU]HB the sense by which you know one food from another 味觉
c) have a taste (of something)LITTLE/NOT MUCH if you have a taste of some food or drink, you put a small amount in your mouth to try it 品尝（某物）
2 what you like 你所喜欢的 [countableC, uncountableU]LIKE somebody OR something the kind of things that someone likes 喜爱，爱好，口味
3 judgment 鉴赏力 [uncountableU]TASTE IN CLOTHES, MUSIC ETC someone’s judgment when they choose clothes, decorations etc 〔对衣服、饰品等的〕鉴赏力，品位，趣味
4 what is acceptable/not offensive 可以接受的/不会得罪人的东西 [uncountableU] the quality of being acceptable and not offensive 得体
5 experience 经历EXPERIENCED [usually singular] a short experience of something that shows you what it is like 体验；感受；尝试
6 feeling 感觉 [singular]UNPLEASANT the feeling that you have after an experience, especially a bad experience 〔尤指经历不好的事情之后的〕感受，感觉，滋味
7 ... to taste if you add salt, spices etc to taste, you add as much as you think makes it taste right – used in instructions in cook books 按照个人的口味，适量地〔用于烹饪书中的说明〕
→ give somebody a taste of their own medicine at medicine(4)Examples from the Corpus
... to taste• At the barbecue you get to taste some of the smoke you have smelled all day.• Add diced tomatoes and basil leaves and salt and pepper to taste.• Season with salt and pepper to taste.• Stir in the cheese and ground pepper to taste.• Sprinkle with lemon juice, pomegranate syrup, turmeric, salt, pepper to taste and teaspoon cinnamon.• Add the artificial sweetener to taste if required.• The wine steward returned with the open bottle and poured a measure for Whitlock to taste.• Do not expect these wines to taste like champagne.
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1:
nadjectives
delicious
The taste was absolutely delicious.
a delicious creamy taste
nasty/unpleasant
Some tablets have a nasty taste.
strange/odd/peculiar/funny
The sweets had a rather peculiar taste.
strong
This cheese has quite a strong taste.
mild
The taste of the leaves is milder than the root.
sweet
The fruits have an excellent sweet taste.
bitter
The brandy would not have masked the bitter taste of the poison.
sour
The purpose of the lemon’s sour taste may be to stop the fruit being eaten by animals.
salty
He was conscious of the salty taste of his own blood.
spicy
Add a little curry powder to give it a spicy taste.
creamy/buttery/fruity/nutty etc (=tasting of cream, butter etc)
The cookies had a very buttery taste.
bland (=not strong or interesting)
Some people find the taste of rice too bland.
distinctive
nverbsHops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
have a sweet/strange etc taste
The soup had a funny taste.
give something a taste
The spices gave the bread a rather interesting taste.
COMMON ERRORSDon’t say ‘it is sweet taste’ or ‘it is nice taste’. Say it has a sweet taste or it has a nice taste.
COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: the kind of things that someone likes 喜爱，爱好，口味
adjectives
similar/the same 相似的/相同的
We have similar musical tastes.
我们有相似的音乐品位。
same/similar/different 相同的/相似的/不同的
Their tastes in movies were very different.
他们在电影方面的喜好大不相同。
expensive/sophisticated 昂贵的/高水平的
He was a man of expensive tastes.
(=he liked expensive things) 他是个喜欢昂贵东西的人。
simple 简单的
He was a man of simple tastes
(=liking simple things) 他是个喜欢昂贵东西的人。
eclectic (=liking a wide variety of different things) 兼收并蓄的
nMy tastes are very eclectic.
musical/literary/artistic taste 音乐/文学/艺术品位
nHis musical tastes changed radically.
your personal taste 个人喜好
nWhich one you choose is a question of personal taste.
public/popular taste 大众喜好
nThe shop created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste.
an acquired taste (=something that people do not like at first) 逐渐培养起来的爱好
nThis kind of tea is an acquired taste, but very refreshing.
nconsumer tastes
verbsChanges in consumer tastes result in the expansion of some industries and the contraction of others.
have ... tastes 有…的喜好
Josh and I have the same tastes.
我和乔什的喜好相同。
have a taste for something (=like something) 喜欢某物
She certainly has a taste for adventure.
她的确喜欢冒险。
get/develop a taste for something (also acquire a taste for something formal) (=to start to like something) 喜欢上某事物
At university she developed a taste for performing.
读大学时她喜欢上了表演。
share a taste (=have the same taste as someone else) 有相同的喜好
nYou obviously share her taste in literature.
suit/satisfy/appeal to somebody’s tastes (=provide what someone likes) 适合某人的口味
phrasesnWe have music to suit every taste.
nThe magazine caters for all tastes.
be to somebody’s taste (=be something that someone likes) 合某人的口味
If her books are not to your taste, there are plenty of books by other writers.
要是她的书不合你意，还有许多其他作者的书。
be too bright/modern etc for somebody’s taste 太鲜艳/摩登等而不合某人口味
The building was too modern for my taste.
这建筑太现代，我不喜欢。
something is a matter of taste (=different people have different opinions about what is good or right) 某事物是个人喜好问题
nWhich of the two methods you use is largely a matter of taste.
there’s no accounting for taste (=used humorously to say that you do not understand why someone likes something) 各有所爱〔幽默地表示无法理解某人的喜好〕
THESAURUS
describing the taste of something 描述某物的味道
delicious having a very good taste 美味的
This cake is delicious!
这蛋糕很好吃！
a delicious meal
美味的一餐
disgusting/revolting having a very bad taste 令人作呕的
The medicine tasted disgusting.
这药真难吃。
They had to eat revolting things, like fish eyes.
他们不得不吃令人作呕的东西，譬如鱼眼睛之类。
tasty especially spoken tasting good and with plenty of flavour 美味的
She cooked us a simple but tasty meal.
她为我们做了一顿简单而可口的饭。
That was really tasty!
真的很好吃！
sour/tart having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does – used especially when this is rather unpleasant 酸的〔尤指难吃〕
The apples were a little sour.
这些苹果有点酸。
The wine has rather a tart taste, which not everyone will like.
这酒很酸，不是所有人都喜欢喝。
tangy having a taste that stings your tongue slightly, like lemon does, in a way that seems good 刺激性味道的〔指好吃〕
The dressing was nice and tangy.
调料好吃且开胃。
bitter having a strong taste which is not sweet and is sometimes rather unpleasant – used for example about black coffee, or chocolate without sugar 〔清咖啡或无糖巧克力等〕苦的
bitter chocolate
带苦味的巧克力
The medicine had rather a bitter taste.
这药很苦。
nHops give beer its distinctive bitter taste.
hot/spicy having a burning taste because it contains strong spices 辣的
I love hot curries.
我喜欢辣的咖喱。
a spicy tomato sauce
辣味番茄酱
piquant /ˈpiːkənt/ formal a little spicy – used especially by people who write about food. This word can sound rather pretentious in everyday conversation 微辣的〔尤为美食评论家所用，日常会话中听上去较为做作〕
cooked vegetables in a piquant sauce
用微辣酱汁烹制的蔬菜
mild not having a strong or hot taste – usually used about foods that can sometimes be spicy 〔一般指辣的食物〕淡味的
a mild curry
微辣咖喱
Examples from the Corpus
taste• Tastes in fiction vary from person to person.• Can I have a taste of your sundae?• Voice over Hay's booksellers justifiably boast that they cater for all tastes.• No one with any taste would buy a painting like that.• Alvin had had a brief taste of freedom and didn't want to live with his parents again.• One particular strain lives only in the San Francisco Bay Area and gives the sourdough bread from that region its distinctive taste.• The resort caters to people with expensive tastes.• She decided to become an actress after getting her first taste of fame in a local theatre production.• I can't understand why she likes it, but as they say, there's no accounting for taste.• I don't think much of his taste.• It's not necessarily better or worse, it's just a matter of taste.• Smoking can damage your sense of taste.• Computer agents will be able to organize passive viewing to our taste, acting as assemblers for virtual channels.• It believes, with some assistance from professionals, that planning can lead to an environment wholly to its own taste.• We have similar taste in music.• a sour taste• The flour gives a faintly sweet taste to the crust.• Have some water to take away the taste of the medicine.• I never drink beer, I just don't like the taste.• Oscar nominees have traditionally reflected the taste of the public.• The smell, the taste, can bring a moment of contentment as no other food can.
have good/bad etc taste• If there must be a neighbour, let her have good taste.
be in bad/poor etc taste• The Caption Competition, which usually gives me a source of amusement, in the Feb edition was in bad taste.• Your jest is in poor taste.• As long as any advert does not bring the profession into disrepute nor is in bad taste then it is permissible.• Did the producer, perhaps feel it to be in poor taste?
gave ... taste• But that first dive gave me the taste.• Last month, its chief executive officer gave a taste of the kind of economic pressure the channel could face.• This gave Joan a taste of freedom, but not yet enough.• The Belfry was cold and wet, which gave us a taste of what was to come at Lytham.
taste2 ●●● S2 verb
2 [transitiveT]DFTASTE OF FOOD OR DRINK to experience or recognize the taste of food or drink 尝出…的味道
3 [transitiveT]DFLITTLE/NOT MUCH to eat or drink a small amount of something to see what it is like 尝，品尝
4 taste success/freedom/victory etc EXPERIENCEDto have a short experience of something that you want more of 尝到成功/自由/胜利等的滋味
Examples from the Corpus
taste success/freedom/victory etc• They just wanted to taste victory after all that losing.• Others decided to taste freedom in other fields of social activity: speculation on the black market, opening businesses etc.• And Long has yet to taste victory in this tournament, unlike his half-back partner Martyn.
n COLLOCATIONS
adjectives
taste good/nice/delicious/great
The apples weren’t very big but they tasted good.
taste horrible/awful/disgusting/foul
The tea tasted horrible.
taste funny/odd/strange
These fruit drinks taste a bit funny until you get used to them.
taste sweet/bitter/sour/salty
adverbsHe handed me some black stuff which tasted bitter.
taste strongly of something
phrasesThe water tasted strongly of chlorine.
sweet-tasting/strong-tasting etc
a sweet-tasting drink
Examples from the Corpus
taste• The fancier something looked, the better he thought it tasted.• I am successful because I have the ability to make things sound, taste and look good.• I can't taste anything with this cold.• They had tasted Cassowary's sharp dagger of a beak before.• Others decided to taste freedom in other fields of social activity: speculation on the black market, opening businesses etc.• "Go on then, taste it, '' said my grandfather, pouring a little of his home-made wine into my glass.• It's a vegetarian pie, but it tastes just like meat!• I don't like cranberries - they taste kind of sour.• You should taste my Dad's fried chicken, it's delicious.• I ordered chocolate ice cream but this tastes of coffee.• The cake tastes pretty good to me.• This milk tastes strange - do you think it's OK to drink?• Did you taste the salsa?• One notable disappointment in the tasting was the performance of Los Vascos, which had been making great strides in recent years.• Taste your eggs before you put salt on them.
could taste• With it he could taste anything she gave him and suffer no harm.• Eley knew he'd as well send her his ear as mail these stale words, although he could taste her still.• She could taste him, round and warm and citrus, deep and cinnamon.• I could taste iron in the air, and naphthalene.• Christina could taste its salty tang and feel it settle stickily on her skin.• Sally could taste the cigarettes and beer and found that that too was exciting.• He bit his lip until he could taste the salt of blood and Samuel flinched with him.
(1200-1300) Old French taster “to touch, test, taste”, from Vulgar Latin taxitare, from Latin taxare; → TAX2
taste1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2
→THESAURUS1taste2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
→THESAURUS1taste2 verb →n GRAMMAR1 →n COLLOCATIONS1
LDOCE Online
Chinese
Corpus
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⇨ eat (I've never tasted anything like it.) ⇨ feel (taste freedom) ⇨ try 2 (Taste it and see if there is enough salt.) taste noun
⇨ taste 1 (a taste for foreign travel) ⇨ taste 2 (a sweet taste) taste 1 a taste for foreign travel 去国外旅行的兴趣 a sweet taste 甜味 good taste in music taste ♦︎ preference ♦︎ love ♦︎ passion ♦︎ liking ♦︎ weakness These are all words for the feeling of liking or preferring particular things or activities. 这些词均表示对某些事物或活动的喜好或偏爱。 SYNONYM SCALE 词义标尺 下图显示这些词所表达喜好的程度
PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ a taste / preference / passion / liking / weakness for sth ◆ a great love / passion / liking for / of sth ◆ to have a taste / preference / love / passion / liking / weakness for / of sth ◆ to develop a taste / preference / love / passion / liking / weakness for / of sth ◆ to share a taste / preference / love / passion / liking for / of sth ◆ to show a preference / liking for sth ◆ sth is to sb's taste / liking ◆ too big, small, sweet, crowded, etc. for sb's taste / liking■ taste [countable , uncountable ] what a person likes or prefers 爱好；志趣 ◆ That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel.那次旅游使我爱上了去国外旅行。 ◆ She has a very expensive taste in clothes.她讲究穿昂贵的服装。 ◆ Art is an acquired taste －no one is born knowing that Michelangelo is wonderful.艺术是一种习得的爱好－没有人生下来就知道米开朗琪罗了不起。 ◆ The colour and style is a matter of personal taste.颜色和式样是个人爱好问题。 ⓘ If you have a taste for sth , you like or enjoy it. * have a taste for sth指喜欢或享受做某事 ◆ She has a real taste for adventure / designer clothes.她特别喜欢探险／名牌服装。 Your taste in clothes, music, books, etc. describes what type of clothes, music, etc. you prefer. * taste in clothes/music/books等表示对服装、音乐、书籍等的品味 ◆ He has an unusual taste in music.他对音乐有独特的鉴赏力。 ■ preference ˈprefrəns [uncountable , singular ] a greater interest in or desire for sb/sth than sb/sth else 偏爱；爱好；喜爱 ◆ It's a matter of personal preference.那是个人爱好问题。 ◆ Many people expressed a strong preference for the original plan.许多人强烈表示喜欢原计划。 ◆ I can't say that I have any particular preference.我说不出自己有什么特别偏好。 ◆ Let's make a list of possible speakers, in order of preference .咱们按优先顺序列出一份可能请到的发言者名单吧。 NOTE 辨析 A preference is always a choice between two or more things, places, people, etc.; taste does not include this idea of choice. * preference总是在两个或更多东西、地方、人等里面做的选择，taste则不涉及选择问题 ◆ a taste for French bread对法国面包的喜爱 ◆ a preference for brown bread (= rather than white bread) 偏爱黑面包 preference ⇨ choice 2 , prefer ⇨ prefer , preferred ⇨ favourite ■ love [uncountable , singular ] (approving ) the strong feeling of enjoyment that a thing or activity gives you 喜好；喜爱 ◆ I fell in love with the house.我喜欢上了这房子。 ◆ They share a love of classical music.他们都喜爱古典音乐。 love ⇨ like verb ■ passion [countable ] (approving ) a very strong feeling of liking sth; a hobby, activity, etc. that you like very much 酷爱；热衷的事物 ◆ The English have a passion for gardens.英国人酷爱花园。 ◆ Music is a passion with him.他对音乐情有独钟。 passionate ⇨ intense ➡ See also the entry for interest noun 2 另见interest名词词条第2义 NOTE 辨析 Passion is stronger than love , and suggests that your interests may affect the way you live your life or the career you choose. * passion比love更强烈，意味着该兴趣可能会影响生活方式或职业选择 ◆ The royal family had a passion for art, it seems, for the palace was full of paintings and sculptures.王室家族似乎对艺术情有独钟，因为王宫里到处都是绘画和雕塑。 ◆ He knew he was going to be a musician and eventually stopped attending high school. Music was the only thing he ever had a passion for.他知道自己将成为音乐家，因而最终没有读完高中。音乐是他唯一热衷的事。 ■ liking [singular ] the feeling that you like or enjoy sth 喜欢；喜好；嗜好；乐趣 ◆ The town was too crowded for my liking (= I would prefer it less crowded) .这座城市太拥挤了，我不喜欢。 ◆ Is the coffee to your liking, sir?先生，这咖啡合您的口味吗？ like ⇨ like verb ■ weakness [countable , usually singular ] difficulty in resisting sb/sth that you like very much, especially sth that is bad for you in some way （对人或事物，尤其是有害事物的）迷恋，无法抗拒 ◆ He worries a lot about his weight, but can't overcome his weakness for fatty foods.他很担心自己的体重，但又无法克制自己对高脂食物的迷恋。 taste 2 a taste for foreign travel 去国外旅行的兴趣 a sweet taste 甜味 good taste in music taste ♦︎ flavour ♦︎ tang These are all words for the quality that sth has which allows you to recognize it when you put it in your mouth. 这些词均表示味道、滋味。 PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配 ◆ a delicious / rich / spicy / bitter / sour / sweet taste / flavour ◆ a sharp / salty / distinctive taste / flavour / tang ◆ to have / give sth / add taste / flavour ◆ to enhance / spoil the taste / flavour of sth ■ taste [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 ◆ The drink left a bitter taste in his mouth.那饮料在他口中留下一丝苦味。 ◆ The soup doesn't have much taste.这汤没什么味道。 ◆ Salt stimulates the taste buds on the tongue.盐会刺激舌上的味蕾。 ■ flavour (BrE (NAmE flavor [uncountable , countable ] how food or drink tastes; a particular type of taste （食物或饮料的）味道；某种味道 ◆ It is stronger in flavour than other traditional Dutch cheeses.这比其他传统荷兰干酪的味道要浓。 ◆ This yogurt comes in ten different flavours.这种酸奶有十种不同的口味。 ◆ It is a wine with a delicate fruit flavour.这是一种有淡淡水果味的葡萄酒。 NOTE 辨析 In many cases you can use either word, especially when talking about how a meal tastes. 在许多情况下这两个词可以通用，尤其是谈论饭菜的味道时 ◆ The tomatoes give extra taste / flavour to the sauce.番茄使调味汁更有风味。 When talking about foods you can find in nature, it is more usual to use taste . 谈论能在自然界找到的食物的味道时，更常用taste ◆ I don't like the taste of olives.我不喜欢橄榄的味道。 When talking about foods which have been designed by people to have a particular effect on the tongue, use flavour . 谈论经过加工制造而具有特殊口味的食物的味道用flavour ◆ We have four different flavours of ice cream.我们有四种不同口味的冰淇淋。 ■ tang [countable , usually singular ] a strong sharp taste or smell 强烈味道；刺鼻气味 ◆ The tea had a sharp, bitter tang.这茶味浓且苦。 ◆ We could smell the salty tang of sea air from our bedroom window.我们透过卧室窗户就能闻到海边空气的咸味。
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taste
Taste, flavour and consistency: umami, taste, flavour...
Amounts and pieces of food: a stick of butter/margarine, batch, bed...
To taste or smell something: catch, olfactory, palate...
Intelligence, intuition and ability to understand: intelligence, intuition, intellect...
Feelings of liking someone or something: liking, affection, taste...
General words for situations and circumstances: situation, circumstance, conditions...
General words for moods and emotions: mood, emotion, feelings...
Linking verbs: appear, be, become...
General words meaning to eat: eat, swallow, have...
General words meaning to drink: drink, swallow, have...
To experience something: experience, undergo, encounter...
To understand something: understand, know, work out...
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