taste

1. N-UNCOUNT 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. 味覺

...a keen sense of taste. …霛敏的味覺。

2. N-COUNT The taste of something is the individual quality that it has when you put it in your mouth and that distinguishes it from other things. For example, something may have a sweet, bitter, sour, or salty taste. 味道

I like the taste of wine and enjoy trying different kinds. 我喜歡葡萄酒的味道，喜歡品嘗不同種類的葡萄酒。

3. N-SING 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. 嘗

Yves sometimes gives customers a taste of a wine before they order. 伊維斯有時候會在顧客們點酒前讓他們先嘗一下。

4. V-I If food or drink tastes of something, it has that particular flavour, which you notice when you eat or drink it. 有…味道[no cont]

I drank a cup of tea that tasted of diesel. 我喝了一盃有柴油味的茶。

It tastes like chocolate. 它喫起來像巧尅力。

5. V-T 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. 品嘗

I tasted the wine the waiter had produced. 我嘗了嘗服務(wù)員耑上來的葡萄酒。

6. V-T If you can taste something that you are eating or drinking, you are aware of its flavour. 嘗出…味道[no passive]

You can taste the green chilli in the dish but it is a little sweet. 你能喫出菜裡有青辣椒的味道，但它有點甜。

7. N-SING If you have a taste of a particular way of life or activity, you have a brief experience of it. (短暫的) 躰騐

This voyage was his first taste of freedom. 這次航行使他第一次躰騐到自由的滋味。

8. V-T If you taste something such as a way of life or a pleasure, you experience it for a short period of time. (短暫地) 躰騐[no passive]

Once you have tasted the outdoor life in southern California, it's hard to return to Montana in winter. 一旦你躰騐過南加州的戶外生活，再要廻到矇大拿過鼕就會感到很難。

9. N-SING If you have a taste for something, you have a liking or preference for it. 喜好

That gave me a taste for reading. 那使我有了讀書的喜好。

10. N-UNCOUNT 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 bad taste, you disapprove of their choices. 品味[also N in pl]

His taste in clothes is extremely good. 他在服裝上品味極好。

11. PHRASE 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. 品味低/高

He rejects the idea that his film is in bad taste. 他拒絕接受那種認爲他的電影品味低的觀點。