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Definition of "taste"

taste

Từ điển Collocation

taste noun

¹ flavour

ADJ. delicious, fresh, pleasant, refreshing | distinctive | pungent, rich, strong | bland, mild | foul, nasty, unpleasant | bitter, creamy, metallic, salty, sharp, smooth, sour, spicy, sweet | authentic You need to use fresh herbs to get the authentic Italian taste.

VERB + TASTE have The soup had a very salty taste. | leave The drink left a bitter taste in his mouth. (figurative) The whole business left a nasty taste in my mouth. | spoil Don't have a cigarette now?you'll spoil the taste of your food! | enhance, improve | enjoy, savour She savoured the taste of the champagne. | disguise, take away I had a strong coffee to take away the nasty taste of the food.

TASTE + NOUN buds 2 a taste small amount

ADJ. little | real That job gave me my first real taste of teaching. | first

VERB + TASTE get, have Have a taste of this cake. | give sb, provide (sb with)

PREP. ~ of This was her first taste of success.

PHRASES a taste of things to come The new appraisal scheme is only a taste of things to come.

³ liking

ADJ. catholic, eclectic, varied, wide | modest, simple | advanced, cultured, educated, sophisticated | expensive, extravagant | eccentric, esoteric, strange | acquired, natural Art is an acquired taste?no one is born knowing that Michelangelo is wonderful. | natural | local, national | modern | personal, private | aesthetic, artistic, literary, musical, reading, sexual | audience, consumer, contemporary, popular, public, Western Her msuic appeals to popular taste.

VERB + TASTE have They have a taste for adventure. | like, share You obviously share her taste in reading. | acquire, cultivate, develop, get | lose I've lost my taste for travelling. | indulge Now he is retired he has time to indulge his tastes for writing and politics. | demonstrate, display Her choice of outfit demonstrated her taste for the outrageous. | appeal to, cater for, match, meet, satisfy, suit a range of hotels to suit all tastes and budgets

TASTE + VERB lie It all depends on where your tastes lie. | change, differ, vary Lifestyles differ and tastes vary.

PREP. for your ~ The theatre was too modern for my taste. | to ~ (= according to how much of sth as you want) Add salt and pepper to taste. | to your ~ If fishing is not to your taste, there are many other leisure activities on offer. | ~ for People with a taste for complex plots will enjoy this book. | ~ in young people's tastes in music

PHRASES a man/woman of … tastes a man of advanced tastes | a matter of (personal) taste What type of bicycle you should buy is very much a matter of personal taste.

⁴ ability to make good choices

ADJ. excellent, exquisite, good, great, impeccable Her work is executed with impeccable taste. | appalling, bad, deplorable, doubtful, dubious, poor, terrible

VERB + TASTE reflect, show The house reflected his taste. | exercise The designer has exercised good taste in her use of different fonts.

PREP. in … ~ That joke was in very poor taste. | with ~ The room had been decorated with great taste. | ~ in She has terrible taste in clothing.

PHRASES an arbiter of taste Contemporary arbiters of taste dismissed his paintings as rubbish. | in the best/worst possible taste The love scenes are all done in the best possible taste. | a lack of taste The remark showed a deplorable lack of taste. | a man/woman of taste, taste and decency The film was judged to offend against standards of public taste and decency.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus; taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception

  the candy left him with a bad taste

  the melon had a delicious taste

• a strong liking; preference, penchant, predilection

  my own preference is for good literature

  the Irish have a penchant for blarney

• delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values); appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness

  arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success

  to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste

• a brief experience of something

  he got a taste of life on the wild side

  she enjoyed her brief taste of independence

• a small amount eaten or drunk; mouthful

  take a taste--you'll like it

• the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth; gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality

  his cold deprived him of his sense of taste

• a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds; tasting

  a wine tasting

v.

• have flavor; taste of something; savor, savour
• take a sample of; sample, try, try out

  Try these new crackers

  Sample the regional dishes

• perceive by the sense of taste

  Can you taste the garlic?

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste; smack

  This tastes of nutmeg

• distinguish flavors

  We tasted wines last night

• experience briefly

  The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

tastes|tasted|tasting
syn.: experience experiment feel sample savor sense test try