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Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): taste, distaste, taster, distastefulness, taste, tasteful, distasteful, tasteless, tasty, tastefully, distastefully, tastelessly
Word families (Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, Adverbs): taste, distaste, taster, distastefulness, taste, tasteful, distasteful, tasteless, tasty, tastefully, distastefully, tastelessly
Xem thêm: taste sensation, gustatory sensation, taste perception, gustatory perception, preference, penchant, predilection, appreciation, discernment, perceptiveness, mouthful, gustation, sense of taste, gustatory modality, tasting, savor, savour, sample, try, try out, smack
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.
n.
the candy left him with a bad taste
the melon had a delicious taste
my own preference is for good literature
the Irish have a penchant for blarney
arrogance and lack of taste contributed to his rapid success
to ask at that particular time was the ultimate in bad taste
he got a taste of life on the wild side
she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
take a taste--you'll like it
his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
a wine tasting
v.
Try these new crackers
Sample the regional dishes
Can you taste the garlic?
This tastes of nutmeg
We tasted wines last night
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died