Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense tastes, present participle tasting, past tense, past participle tasted
1N-UNCOUNT 味觉Taste is one of the five senses that people have. When you have food or drink in your mouth, your sense of taste makes it possible for you to recognize what it is. 味觉
...a keen sense of taste.
灵敏的味觉
2N-COUNT 味道;口味 The taste of something is the individual quality which it has when you put it in your mouth and which distinguishes it from other things. For example, something may have a sweet, bitter, sour, or salty taste. 味道;口味
I like the taste of wine and enjoy trying different kinds. [+ of]
我喜欢葡萄酒的味道,喜欢品尝不同的口味。
The taste of blood in her throat made her want to vomit.
她嗓子里的血腥味让她直恶心。
Nettles are surprisingly good — much like spinach but with a sweetish taste.
没想到荨麻这么好吃—很像菠菜,但带了点甜味。
3N-SING (品尝的)少量,一点,一小口 If you have a taste of some food or drink, you try a small amount of it in order to see what the flavour is like. (品尝的)少量,一点,一小口
We have a taste of the white wine he's brought. [+ of]
我们尝了尝他带来的白葡萄酒。
4VERB [no cont]有…的味道 If food or drink tastes of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it. 有…的味道
I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel. [Vof/like n]
我喝了杯有股柴油味的茶。
It tastes like chocolate. [V + of/like]
它吃起来像巧克力。
The pizza tastes delicious without any cheese at all. [VERB adj.ive]
不加奶酪的比萨饼很好吃。
5VERB 尝;品尝 If you taste some food or drink, you eat or drink a small amount of it in order to try its flavour, for example to see if you like it or not. 尝;品尝
He finished his aperitif and tasted the wine the waiter had produced. [VERB noun]
他喝完开胃酒,又尝了点侍者端来的葡萄酒。
Before proceeding any further, cut off a small bit of the meat and taste it. [VERB noun]
8VERB [no passive](短暂地)经历,感受,尝试 If you taste something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time. (短暂地)经历,感受,尝试
Anyone who has tasted this life wants it to carry on for as long as possible. [VERB noun]
任何过过这种日子的人都希望它持续得越久越好。
9N-SING 喜欢;偏好 If you have a taste for something, you have a liking or preference for it. 喜欢;偏好
She developed a taste for journeys to isolated hazardous regions in North America.
10N-UNCOUNT 鉴赏力;品味 A person's taste is their choice in the things that they like or buy, for example their clothes, possessions, or music. If you say that someone has good taste, you mean that you approve of their choices. If you say that they have poor taste, you disapprove of their choices. 鉴赏力;品味
His taste in clothes is extremely good. [+ in]
他在穿衣方面很有品味。
Oxford's social circle was far too liberal for her taste.
牛津的社交圈过于开放,不合她的胃口。
...a large family with different tastes and preferences.
兴趣爱好各不相同的大家庭
How could so many people have such bad taste in music?
音乐鉴赏力差的人怎么会有那么多?
11PHRASE 格调庸俗的/格调高雅的;没品位的/高品位的;不合时宜的/得体的 If you say that something that is said or done is in bad taste or in poor taste, you mean that it is offensive, often because it concerns death or sex and is inappropriate for the situation. If you say that something is in good taste, you mean that it is not offensive and that it is appropriate for the situation. 格调庸俗的/格调高雅的;没品位的/高品位的;不合时宜的/得体的
He rejects the idea that his film is in bad taste.
他不接受那种认为他的电影格调不高的观点。
I do not feel your actions were either appropriate or done in good taste.
我认为你的行为既不妥当又不合时宜。
12PHRASE (烹饪时)依各人口味,酌量 When a recipe tells you to add a particular spice or other flavouring to taste, it means that you can add as much of that ingredient as you like. (烹饪时)依各人口味,酌量
Add tomato paste, salt and pepper to taste.
酌量添加番茄酱、盐和胡椒粉。
Quotations
Taste is the feminine of geniusEdward FitzgeraldLetters
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American publicH.L. Mencken
Taste is the only morality. Tell me what you like, and I'll tell you who you areJohn Ruskin