Taste

[teɪst] or [test]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; 'a wine tasting'.

(noun.) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; 'his cold deprived him of his sense of taste'.

(noun.) the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; 'the candy left him with a bad taste'; 'the melon had a delicious taste'.

(noun.) delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); 'arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success'; 'to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste'.

(noun.) a brief experience of something; 'he got a taste of life on the wild side'; 'she enjoyed her brief taste of independence'.

(noun.) a small amount eaten or drunk; 'take a taste--you'll like it'.

(verb.) experience briefly; 'The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died' .

(verb.) perceive by the sense of taste; 'Can you taste the garlic?'.

(verb.) distinguish flavors; 'We tasted wines last night'.

(verb.) have flavor; taste of something.

克劳迪娅手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow.

(v. t.) To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish or flavor of (anything) by taking a small quantity into a mouth. Also used figuratively.

(v. t.) To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of.

(v. t.) To become acquainted with by actual trial; to essay; to experience; to undergo.

(v. t.) To partake of; to participate in; -- usually with an implied sense of relish or pleasure.

(v. i.) To try food with the mouth; to eat or drink a little only; to try the flavor of anything; as, to taste of each kind of wine.

(v. i.) To have a smack; to excite a particular sensation, by which the specific quality or flavor is distinguished; to have a particular quality or character; as, this water tastes brackish; the milk tastes of garlic.

(v. i.) To take sparingly.

(v. i.) To have perception, experience, or enjoyment; to partake; as, to taste of nature's bounty.

(n.) The act of tasting; gustation.

(n.) A particular sensation excited by the application of a substance to the tongue; the quality or savor of any substance as perceived by means of the tongue; flavor; as, the taste of an orange or an apple; a bitter taste; an acid taste; a sweet taste.

(n.) The one of the five senses by which certain properties of bodies (called their taste, savor, flavor) are ascertained by contact with the organs of taste.

(n.) Intellectual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study.

(n.) The power of perceiving and relishing excellence in human performances; the faculty of discerning beauty, order, congruity, proportion, symmetry, or whatever constitutes excellence, particularly in the fine arts and belles-letters; critical judgment; discernment.

(n.) Manner, with respect to what is pleasing, refined, or in accordance with good usage; style; as, music composed in good taste; an epitaph in bad taste.

(n.) Essay; trial; experience; experiment.

(n.) A small portion given as a specimen; a little piece tastted of eaten; a bit.

(n.) A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon.

編輯:威尔玛

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Try the flavor of, test by the tongue.[2]. Experience, perceive, feel.

v. n. [1]. Try the flavor.[2]. Smack, savor, have a smack or flavor.[3]. Have perception, have experience.

n. [1]. Flavor, relish, savor, zest, gusto, GOÛT.[2]. Dash, infusion, admixture, sprinkling, tincture.[3]. Sense of taste.[4]. Fondness, liking, partiality.[5]. Discernment (of beauty or excellence), judgment (of propriety), nice perception.

錄入:尼科尔

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Gustation, savor, flavor, sapidity, relish, perception, judgment, discernment,nicety, critique, sensibility, choice, zest, predilection, delicacy, elegancy,refinement

ANT:Non-gustation, ill-savor, insipidity, disrelish, non-preception,indiscrimination, indiscernment, indelicacy, coarseness, inelegancy

校對:莎娜

解釋/意思:

v.t. to try or perceive by the touch of the tongue or palate: to try by eating a little: to eat a little of: to partake of: to relish enjoy: to experience: (Shak.) to enjoy carnally.—v.i. to try or perceive by the mouth: to have a flavour of.—n. the act or sense 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: intellectual relish or discernment: the faculty by which the mind perceives the beautiful: nice perception: choice predilection.—adjs. Tāst′able that may be tasted; Taste′ful full of taste: having a high relish: showing good taste.—adv. Taste′fully.—n. Taste′fulness.—adj. Taste′less without taste: insipid.—adv. Taste′lessly.—ns. Taste′lessness; Tāst′er one skilful in distinguishing flavours by the taste: one whose duty it is to test the quality of food by tasting it before serving it to his master.—adv. Tāst′ily with good taste neatly.—n. Tāst′ing the act or sense of tasting.—adj. Tāst′y having a good taste: possessing nice perception of excellence: in conformity with good taste.—To one's taste to one's liking agreeable.

整理:苏西