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| /teɪst/ |
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| 1 | C/U the flavour that something creates in your mouth when you eat or drink it . Food can taste sweet like sugar , salty like salt , sour like a lemon , or bitter like strong black coffee 味道；滋味 |
| I love the taste of chocolate. 我喜欢巧克力的味道。 |
| This peach has a sweeter taste than that one. 这个桃子比那个甜。 |
| Our cheeses are very different in texture and taste. 我们的奶酪的质地和味道与众不同。 |
| Add salt to taste (=until you like the taste) . 随自己口味加盐。 |
| | 1a | singular a small amount of food or drink that you eat or drink in order to see what flavour it has （用来品尝的）一点儿，少量，一口 | | Have a taste of this wine. 尝尝这种酒吧。 | | Would you like a taste? 你要不要尝尝？ | |
| | 1b | U your mouth’ s ability to notice the flavour of different foods and drinks 味觉 | | The illness can produce a loss of smell and taste. 这种病会使人丧失嗅觉和味觉。 | | sense of taste She doesn’ t have a very strong sense of taste. 她的味觉不太灵敏。 | |
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| 2 | U the ability to judge if something is good or bad in things like art , fashion , and social behaviour 鉴赏力；品位 |
| They all admired her taste. 他们全都钦佩她的鉴赏力。 |
| Money cannot make up for bad taste and bad manners. 金钱并不能弥补粗俗的品味和举止。 |
| in good/bad/poor taste His joke about her divorce was in the worst possible taste. 他那个关于她离婚的笑话简直粗俗透顶。 |
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| 3 | C/U the types of thing you like , for example in art , music , or clothes 喜好；爱好；口味 |
| Our tastes and interests are so different. 我们的爱好和兴趣太不一样了。 |
| The meals are designed to accommodate all tastes. 饭菜被设计成能迎合不同的口味。 |
| I don’ t have expensive tastes (=I don’ t like expensive things) . 我不喜欢价格昂贵的东西。 |
| The films appeal to popular taste (=what most people like) . 这些电影迎合了大众的口味。 |
| +in The girls share his taste in music. 那些女孩和他喜欢同样的音乐。 |
| have a taste for sth Even at a young age he had a taste for books. 他在很小的时候就喜欢上读书了。 |
| an acquired taste (=something that you must have many times before you start to like it) Strong black coffee is an acquired taste. 逐渐养成的嗜好 |
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| 4 | singular a short experience of something you are not used to （短暂）感受，体验 |
| +of After 16 years in prison, it was their first taste of freedom. 这是他们在坐了16年牢后第一次尝到自由的滋味。 |
| Enjoy a taste of Italy with writer Valentina Harris. 和作家瓦伦蒂娜·哈里斯一起来感受意大利吧。 |
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| 5 | singular mainly literary the feeling created by an experience （某段经历造成的）感觉，感受，滋味 |
| I still remember the taste of fear from skydiving. 我仍然记得跳伞时那种害怕的感觉。 |
| the sweet taste of revenge 复仇的快感 |
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| - | a bad/nasty/unpleasant taste in your mouth informal
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| if an experience leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth , you continue to feel unhappy or angry about it for a while |
| 不好的/令人恶心的/不快的感觉 |
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| - | give sb a taste/dose of their own medicine
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| to treat someone in the same bad way that they have treated you in the past |
| 以其人之道还治其人之身 |
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| Words frequently used with taste | | taste 的常见搭配词 | | verbs | acquire, develop, get, have, indulge, share, | 3 | | | |
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