taste

1 عمومی:: ط‌عم‌، لب‌ زدن‌، مزه‌، مزه‌ دادن‌، چشیدن‌، مزه‌ كردن‌

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1 general:: taste adjectives delicious • The taste was absolutely delicious. • a delicious creamy taste nasty/unpleasant • Some tablets have a nasty taste. strange/odd/peculiar/funny • The sweets had a rather peculiar taste. strong • This cheese has quite a strong taste. mild • The taste of the leaves is milder than the root. sweet • The fruits have an excellent sweet taste. bitter • The brandy would not have masked the bitter taste of the poison. sour • The purpose of the lemon’s sour taste may be to stop the fruit being eaten by animals. salty • He was conscious of the salty taste of his own blood. spicy • Add a little curry powder to give it a spicy taste. creamy/buttery/fruity/nutty etc (= tasting of cream, butter etc ) • The cookies had a very buttery taste. bland (= not strong or interesting ) • Some people find the taste of rice too bland. distinctive • Hops give beer its distinctive bitter taste. verbs have a sweet/strange etc taste • The soup had a funny taste. give something a taste • The spices gave the bread a rather interesting taste. COMMON ERRORS >>> Do not say ' it is sweet taste ' or ' it is nice taste '. Say it has a sweet taste or it has a nice taste . taste 2 adjectives similar/the same • We have similar musical tastes. same/similar/different • Their tastes in movies were very different. expensive/sophisticated • He was a man of expensive tastes (= he liked expensive things. ) simple • He was a man of simple tastes (= he liked simple things ) eclectic (= liking a wide variety of different things ) • My tastes are very eclectic. musical/literary/artistic taste • His musical tastes changed radically. your personal taste • Which one you choose is a question of personal taste. public/popular taste • The shop created a unique style of goods that appealed to the popular taste. an acquired taste (= something that people do not like at first ) • This kind of tea is an acquired taste, but very refreshing. consumer tastes • Changes in consumer tastes result in the expansion of some industries and the contraction of others. verbs have ... tastes • Josh and I have the same tastes. have a taste for something (= like something ) • She certainly has a taste for adventure. get/develop a taste for something ( also acquire a taste for something formal ) (= to start to like something ) • At university she developed a taste for performing. share a taste (= have the same taste as someone else ) • You obviously share her taste in literature. suit/satisfy/appeal to sb’s tastes (= provide what someone likes ) • We have music to suit every taste. • The magazine caters for all tastes. phrases be to sb’s taste (= be something that someone likes ) • If her books are not to your taste, there are plenty of books by other writers. be too bright/modern etc for sb’s taste • The building was too modern for my taste. something is a matter of taste (= different people have different opinions about what is good or right ) • Which of the two methods you use is largely a matter of taste. there’s no accounting for taste (= used humorously to say that you do not understand why someone likes something ) taste 3 adjectives taste good/nice/delicious/great • The apples weren’t very big but they tasted good. taste horrible/awful/disgusting/foul • The tea tasted horrible. taste funny/odd/strange • These fruit drinks taste a bit funny until you get used to them. taste sweet/bitter/sour/salty • He handed me some black stuff which tasted bitter. adverbs taste strongly of something • The water tasted strongly of chlorine. phrases sweet-tasting/strong-tasting etc • a sweet-tasting drink

transnet.ir

2 general::   verb 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,   noun 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. 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. 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.

Oxford Collocations Dictionary

3 general:: see ACQUIRED TASTE; DOSE (TASTE) OF ONE'S OWN MEDICINE; LEAVE A BAD TASTE IN ONE'S MOUTH; NO ACCOUNTING FOR TASTES; POOR TASTE.

American Heritage Idioms

4 general:: verb seems: The soup tastes salty. noun judgment: Good taste is a desirable trait. noun appetite: He has a taste for sweets. noun bite: I would like a taste of your cake.

Simple Definitions