| 单词 | thesaurus/articles/not-having-a-strong-taste-or-flavour |
| 释义 | Thesaurus article:not having a strong taste or flavournot having a strong taste or flavourThe most common word to describe food that does not have a strong taste or flavour isbland.Blandis used only of food, not drink. The soup is very bland, it could use more herbs and spices. If food or drink is very bland, you can say it istastelessorflavourless.Flavourlessis the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling isflavorless. The boiled chicken is practically tasteless. UKThese tomatoes from the grocer's are flavourless. The opposite offlavourlessortastelessisflavourful.Flavourfulis the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling isflavorful. UKThese berries are so flavourful! The wordinsipidcan be used to refer to drinks or liquids that are not very strongly flavoured.Insipidis disapproving and is more formal thanbland. He was drinking an insipid light beer. If a drink has no flavour because it has too much water in it, you can say it iswatered-downorwatery. The bar served bad food and watered-down cocktails. The tea was too watery. In informal use, you can also say the drink tasteslike dishwater. This is a disapproving phrase. This tea tastes like dishwater! Alcoholic drinks that do not have much alcohol in them are calledweak.Weakis also used to describe hot drinks such as tea and coffee that are not brewed for long enough. The punch was quite weak. I can't stand drinking weak tea. The opposite ofweakin this use isstrong. Watch out, his cocktails are quite strong! This coffee is too strong for me. When referring only to alcoholic drinks, another opposite ofweakisstiff.Stiffcan only be used before a noun. What I need is a stiff drink. |
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