taste
US: /ˈteɪst/
UK: /tˈeɪst/
UK: /tˈeɪst/
English Vietnamese dictionary
taste /teist/
- danh từ
- vị
- sweet taste: vị ngọt
- to have no taste: không có vị, nhạt (rượu)
- vị giác
- sự nếm; sự nếm mùi, sự thưởng thức, sự trải qua, sự hưởng
- he got a taste of her tantrum: anh ấy đã được biết cái cơn tam bành của mụ ta
- một chút (đồ ăn)
- a taste of sugar: một chút đường
- sở thích, thị hiếu
- to have a taste for music: thích nhạc
- matter of taste: vấn đề sở thích, vấn đề thị hiếu
- everyone to his taste: tuỳ sở thích riêng của mỗi người
- to add salt to taste: thêm muối theo sở thích
- khiếu thẩm mỹ
- a man of taste: người có khiếu thẩm mỹ
- vị
- ngoại động từ
- nếm
- to taste sugar: nếm đường
- nếm mùi, thưởng thức, hưởng
- to taste the joy of freedom: hưởng niềm vui sướng của tự do
- ăn uống ít, ăn uống qua loa, nhấm nháp
- the sick boy hadn't tasted food for three days: em bé ốm đã ba ngày không ăn tí gì
- nếm
- nội động từ
- có vị
- to taste bitter: có vị đắng
- the sweets taste of mint: kẹo này vị bạc hà
- (nghĩa bóng) nếm mùi, biết mùi, hưởng, trải qua
- to taste of happiness: hưởng hạnh phúc
- có vị
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
flavour
1 [C, U] the particular quality that different foods and drinks have that allows you to recognize them when you put them in your mouth: a salty / bitter / sweet taste + I don't like the taste of olives. + This dish has an unusual combination of tastes and textures. + The soup has very little taste.
sense
2 [U] the sense you have that allows you to recognize different foods and drinks when you put them in your mouth: I've lost my sense of taste.
small quantity
3 [C, usually sing.] a small quantity of food or drink that you try in order to see what it is like: Just have a taste of this cheese. + Do you want a taste?
short experience
4 [sing.] a short experience of sth: This was my first taste of live theatre. + Although we didn't know it, this incident was a taste of things to come.
ability to choose well
5 [U] a person's ability to choose things that people recognize as being of good quality or appropriate: He has very good taste in music. + They've got more money than taste. + The room was furnished with taste.
what you like
6 [C, U] ~ (for sth) what a person likes or prefers: That trip gave me a taste for foreign travel. + She has very expensive tastes in clothes. + The colour and style is a matter of personal taste. + Modern art is not to everyone's taste. + There are trips to suit all tastes.
Idioms: be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. taste to be offensive and not at all appropriate: Most of his jokes were in very poor taste.
be in good, the best possible, etc. taste to be appropriate and not at all offensive
leave a bad / nasty taste in the mouth (of events or experiences) to make you feel disgusted or ashamed afterwards
to taste in the quantity that is needed to make sth taste the way you prefer: Add salt and pepper to taste.
more at ACCOUNT v., ACQUIRE, MEDICINE
+ verb (not used in the progressive tenses)
have flavour
1 linking verb ~ (of sth) to have a particular flavour: [V-ADJ] It tastes sweet. + [V] The ice tasted of mint. + This drink tastes like sherry.
2 (-tasting) (in adjectives) having a particular flavour: foul-tasting medicine
recognize flavour
3 [VN] (often used with can or could) to be able to recognize flavours in food and drink: You can taste the garlic in this stew. + I can't really taste anything with this cold.
test flavour
4 [VN] to test the flavour of sth by eating or drinking a small amount of it: Taste it and see if you think there's enough salt in it.
eat / drink
5 [VN] to eat or drink food or liquid: I've never tasted anything like it.
have short experience
6 [VN] to have a short experience of sth, especially sth that you want more of: He had tasted freedom only to lose it again.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 drop, soupçon, dash, pinch, touch, hint, suggestion, grain, trace, bit; flavour, savour, relish, tang:
I added just the tiniest taste of coriander to the sauce.
2 sample, morsel, bite, mouthful, bite, sip, nip, swallow:
I had a taste of the sauce and it's superb.
3 palate, desire, inclination, leaning, partiality, disposition, penchant, liking, fancy, preference, fondness, appetite, relish, stomach, tolerance:
She developed a taste for caviare and champagne while working in television.
4 discernment, discrimination, perception, judgement, cultivation, refinement, stylishness, grace, polish, elegance:
Her unerring taste leads her to select only the best.
5 style, mode, fashion, manner, form, design, motif:
The room was decorated in Moorish taste.
6 decorum, discretion, tactfulness, delicacy, refinement, politesse, politeness, correctness, propriety, tastefulness:
Evan's taste would never allow him to say anything rude.
v.
7 savour, sample, examine, try, test:
Taste this and see if it's too salty.
8 experience, sample, know, have knowledge of, undergo, encounter, meet (with), come up against:
As a young man he had tasted the pleasures of Paris.
Collocation dictionary
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.
ADV.
strongly
The water tasted strongly of chemicals.
| faintly, slightly
The fish tasted faintly of garlic.
PREP.
like
The fruit tasted rather like mango.
| of
a cake which tasted of almonds
PHRASES
taste awful/bitter/foul/horrible, taste delicious/good/sweet/wonderful, taste funny
Concise English dictionary
tastes|tasted|tastingteɪst
noun
+the sensation that results when taste buds in the tongue and throat convey information about the chemical composition of a soluble stimulus
+a strong liking
+delicate discrimination (especially of aesthetic values)
+a brief experience of something
+a small amount eaten or drunk
+the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth
+a kind of sensing; distinguishing substances by means of the taste buds
verb
+have flavor; taste of something
+take a sample of
+perceive by the sense of taste
+have a distinctive or characteristic taste
+distinguish flavors
+experience briefly
