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taste
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🇺🇸 /tˈeɪst/
taste 的核心是“尝到并辨认味道”,也可引申为对事物的偏好、品味,或对某种经历的初步体验;作动词时还可表示品尝和尝试少量。
💡 记忆钩子
把 taste 想成舌头先“尝一口”:这一口产生味道,也让你辨认出是什么;从“尝到味道”再扩大到“尝试一点经历”,最后引申为反复选择后形成的“个人品味和偏好”。
📝 学习建议
- 先掌握“味道/品尝”这条主线,再记“品味、偏好”和“初步体验”等比喻义。
- 不要把 taste 只理解成“味觉”;说人的审美或选择时,它常指“品味”,而不是单纯的喜欢。
- taste 与 tasty 不是同一词:taste 是名词或动词,tasty 是形容词;网络上的 taste 形容词用法是故意拼写变体,不能当作标准英语使用。
📖 中文释义
adj
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rare 好吃的(网络误拼)📖 这是 tasty 的故意误拼,主要用来在网络或玩笑语气中表示“好吃的”,不属于标准拼写。💡 常见模式是直接放在名词前作定语,例如称某种食物“很好吃”。正式写作和一般学习中应使用 tasty,而不是这个误拼形式。Internet alt-of deliberate misspelling not-comparable
noun
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core 味道;味觉感受📖 指舌头接触某些物质后产生的味道或口腔中的味觉感受,是“尝一口”这条主线的起点。💡 说嘴里有某种味道时常用 have a taste in one’s mouth,也可用 a strange、sweet 等词修饰。taste 可指一般的味道,也可指某一种具体味道;不要误把它只用于食物。countable uncountableThere was a bitter taste in my mouth.我嘴里有一股苦味。
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common 辨味能力📖 指感受并辨认味道的能力;生病或受伤可能使这种能力减弱。💡 常见模式是 one’s sense of taste 或 taste was impaired。这里强调的是感知能力,不是某种食物本身的味道。countable uncountableThe illness affected her sense of taste.这场病影响了她的味觉。
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common 少量试吃;一小口📖 指为了判断味道而取的一点食物、饮料或其他东西,也就是“尝一口”。💡 常用 a taste of 加名词,表示取一点来尝;ask for a taste 表示请求尝一点。不要把它和完整的一份食物混为一谈。countable uncountableWould you like a taste of the soup?你想尝一口这汤吗?
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core 品味;审美判断📖 从辨别味道引申为辨别美丑、雅俗或是否合适的能力,尤其指审美、穿着和艺术方面的选择。💡 常见模式是 have good、bad 或 excellent taste in 加领域名词。这里通常说一个人的选择和判断,不只是说他喜欢某一件东西。countable uncountableShe has excellent taste in furniture.她在家具选择方面很有品味。
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common 喜好;偏爱📖 指个人对某种食物、活动或事物逐渐形成的喜欢,就像反复尝过后产生的偏好。💡 常见模式是 develop、acquire 或 have a taste for 加名词或动名词。a taste for 不一定表示强烈爱好,语气可比 love 弱;不要把它理解成“味道”。countable uncountableHe has developed a taste for spicy food.他逐渐喜欢上了辛辣食物。
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common 初步体验;一斑📖 指通过少量接触而得到对整体情况的初步感受,像只尝一口就大致知道整体是什么样。💡 常见模式是 a taste of 加经历、生活或活动。它通常表示短暂或有限的体验,不表示已经完整经历了全部内容。countable figuratively uncountableThe workshop gave us a taste of professional cooking.这次工作坊让我们初步体验了专业烹饪。
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rare 细窄的丝带📖 旧时或专门语境中指一种窄而薄的丝带;与“品尝”这条主线没有现代意义上的联系。💡 这是边缘的历史或专门义,现代日常英语中几乎不会用到。学习者通常只需识别,不必主动掌握其用法。countable uncountable
tastes
plural
verb
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core 品尝📖 用嘴尝某种食物或饮料,以感受它的味道。💡 常见模式是 taste 加食物或饮料,表示主动尝一尝。它通常是及物动词;不要在这种结构中随意加介词。transitiveTaste the sauce before you add more salt.加更多盐以前先尝尝酱汁。
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core 尝起来;呈现味道📖 指某种食物、饮料或物质带来某种味觉感受,相当于“尝起来”。💡 常见模式是 taste 加形容词,或 taste like 加名词。主语通常是食物或饮料,而不是品尝者;不要把 taste good 误写成 taste well 来表示“味道好”。copulative intransitiveThis tea tastes surprisingly fresh.这茶喝起来清新得出人意料。
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common 尝出;辨出味道📖 通过品尝辨认出某种具体味道,重点是“从混合味道中认出来”。💡 常见模式是 taste 加具体味道或食材。它强调辨认结果,不只是把东西放进嘴里尝;可以和 can、could 等情态动词连用。transitiveI can taste lemon in this dressing.我能尝出这份调味汁里有柠檬味。
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common 体验📖 从尝到味道引申为亲身经历某种事物,通常只表示经历到其中的一部分。💡 常见模式是 taste 加抽象名词,如 freedom、success 或 danger。这个比喻用法常带文学色彩,但普通说明中也能理解;不要把它机械理解为真的用嘴尝。figuratively transitiveDuring the trip, we tasted a little of island life.旅途中,我们初步体验了一点岛上的生活。
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rare 略尝;少量享用📖 较旧的用法,指只少量地享受或接触某种事物,仍保留“尝一点”的核心意思。💡 这种用法多见于旧式或文学语境,现代英语中通常改用 try、sample 或 have a little of。学习时只需把它和“少量尝试”联系起来,不要当作日常首选表达。
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common 尝一点;试吃📖 只吃或喝少量来试试味道,不表示把整份东西吃完。💡 常见模式是 taste a little of 加食物,也可说 taste some 加不可数食物。这里的宾语是被试吃的东西;若强调仅取一小口,可在句中加 a little。I tasted a little of the honey.我尝了一点蜂蜜。
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rare 用触碰试探📖 旧式用法,表示通过触碰来试探或拿捏,和“尝一尝”的接触概念有关。💡 这是过时用法,现代英语中不要用 taste 表示触摸或拿取。应根据具体情况使用 touch、feel 或 handle。obsolete
tastes
present,singular,third-person
tasting
participle,present
tasted
participle,past
tasted
past
📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 13 组
experience briefly
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taste
The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died
上位: experience, know, live
a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
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taste
tasting
a wine tasting
上位: perception, sensing
take a sample of;
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sample
try
try out
taste
Try these new crackers
Sample the regional dishes
上位: consume, have, ingest, take, take in
perceive by the sense of taste
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taste
Can you taste the garlic?
上位: comprehend, perceive
下位: savor, savour
distinguish flavors
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taste
We tasted wines last night
上位: identify
have flavor; taste of something
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taste
savor
savour
下位: smack
have a distinctive or characteristic taste
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smack
taste
This tastes of nutmeg
上位: savor, savour
the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
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taste
gustation
sense of taste
gustatory modality
his cold deprived him of his sense of taste
上位: modality, sense modality, sensory system
the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus;
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taste
taste sensation
gustatory sensation
taste perception
gustatory perception
the candy left him with a bad taste
the melon had a delicious taste
上位: aesthesis, esthesis, sensation, sense datum, sense experience, sense impression
下位: bitter, bitterness, finish, flavor, flavour, nip, relish, salinity, salt, saltiness, sapidity, savor, savour, smack, sour, sourness, sugariness, sweet, sweetness, tang, tartness
delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values);
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taste
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
上位: discrimination, secernment
下位: culture, delicacy, discretion, style, trend, vogue
a brief experience of something;
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taste
he got a taste of life on the wild side
she enjoyed her brief taste of independence
上位: experience
a strong liking;
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preference
penchant
predilection
taste
my own preference is for good literature
the Irish have a penchant for blarney
上位: liking
下位: weakness
a small amount eaten or drunk
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taste
mouthful
take a taste--you'll like it
下位: bit, bite, morsel, sup, swallow
🌳 词源
名词和动词 taste 源自中古英语,经过古法语等词形演变,词源最终与拉丁语中“触碰”有关;形容词义是 tasty 的故意误拼。
The verb is from Middle English tasten, borrowed from Old French taster (“to taste, touch or hit”), from unattested Vulgar Latin *tastāre (“to touch or feel”), from *taxitāre, an innovated iterative form of Classical Latin taxāre (“to touch sharply”), from tangere (“to touch, to grasp”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-, which is assumed to have had the same meaning as tangere.
The noun came from the verb, and the two conflated after English lost its infinitive suffix -en, though tasten was most likely already used nominatively (as a gerund), similar to Modern English tasting.
Almost fully displaced native smack, from Middle English smac, smak, smacke, from Old English smæc, smæċċ (“taste, smatch”).
Displaced English smatch, from Middle English smacchen, smecchen, from Old English smæċċan (“to taste; to smack”); displaced also Middle English buriȝen, from Old English bierġan (“to taste”).
🔄 变式
tasted
past
tastes
plural
tasting
present
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