/teɪst ||; test/noun
1 [sing] the particular quality of different foods or drinks that allows you to recognize them when you put them in your mouth; flavour 味道;滋味:
I don't like the taste of this coffee. 我不喜欢这种咖啡的味道。
a sweet/bitter/sour/salty taste 甜╱苦╱酸╱咸味
2 [U] the ability to recognize the flavour of food or drink 味觉:
I've got such a bad cold that I seem to have lost my sense of taste. 我患了重感冒,好像吃什么都没有味道。
3 [C] [usu.sing] a taste (of sth) a small amount of sth to eat or drink that you have in order to see what it is like 少量(口尝的东西):
Have a taste of this cheese to see if you like it. 尝一尝这种干酪,看你喜欢不喜欢。
4 [sing] a short experience of sth 短暂的经历:
That was my first taste of success. 这是我第一次尝到成功的滋味。
5 [U] the ability to decide if things are suitable, of good quality, etc 品味;鉴赏力:
He has excellent taste in music. 他对音乐有极高的鉴赏力。
6 [sing] a taste (for sth) what a person likes or prefers 喜好;爱好:
She has developed a taste for modern art. 她渐渐爱好现代艺术。
(be) in bad, poor, etc taste (used about sb's behaviour) (to be) unpleasant and not suitable (指言谈举止)失当,粗俗:
Some of his comments were in very bad taste. 他的某些评论十分不得体。