释义 |
taster/ˈteistə/n. 1 a person employed to test food or drink by tasting it, esp. for quality or hist. to detect poisoning (尤指专门品尝食品或饮料以鉴定其质量的)品味者,品尝者;[史义] (指为防下毒而设的)试食员 2 a small cup used by a wine taster (品酒者用的)小酒杯 3 an instrument for extracting a small sample from within a cheese (从奶酪等内部提取试味样品的)试味取样器 4 a sample of something offered (食品等的)小样 [Middle English from Anglo-French tastour, Old French tasteur, from taster: see TASTE] |