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Taste: Flavor Sensation & Aesthetic Judgment (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：flavor sensation (taste)

taste 🔊

/teɪst/

The sweet, sour, bitter, or salty feeling you get in your mouth when you eat or drink something.

flavor sensation 🔊

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/ˈfleɪvər sɛnˈseɪʃən/

The physical perception of sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami through taste buds on the tongue.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：Beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Latin 'gustare' (to taste) via Old French 'taster'.

💡 Mnemonic

Think of 'taste' as 'test': your tongue tests the flavor of food.

📖 Example

This mango has such a sweet and refreshing taste, perfect for a hot summer day. 🔊 With its sweet and refreshing flavor, this mango is ideal for a hot summer day.

🔗 Collocations

sweet taste – the flavor of sugar or honey

bitter taste – a sharp, unpleasant flavor like coffee or dark chocolate

taste buds – the sensory organs on the tongue that detect taste

🔄 Synonyms

flavor (n.) – the distinctive taste of a food or drink

savor (n.) – a pleasant taste or flavor

palate (n.) – the sense of taste, especially in relation to food

🚫 Antonyms

tastelessness (n.) – lack of flavor or taste

blandness (n.) – lack of strong or interesting flavor

🌱 Derivatives

tasty (adj.) – having a pleasant flavor

tasteless (adj.) – having no flavor

taster (n.) – a person who samples food or drink to judge its quality

📖 Cultural Story

Originally from Latin 'taxare' (to touch, evaluate), 'taste' evolved to mean both physical flavor and aesthetic judgment. In medieval courts, tasters tested food for poison.

Meaning 2：aesthetic judgment (taste)

taste 🔊

/teɪst/

A person's liking for or judgment of what is beautiful, good, or appropriate, especially in art, fashion, or design.

aesthetic judgment 🔊

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/ɛsˈθɛtɪk ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/

The ability to recognize and appreciate beauty, quality, or appropriateness in art, fashion, design, etc.

📁 Category：Culture & History 🔖 Level：Intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

The way she decorated her apartment shows she has excellent taste in modern art and minimalist furniture. 🔊 Her apartment decoration demonstrates her refined sense of style in modern art and minimalism.

🔗 Collocations

good taste – the ability to choose what is attractive, suitable, or of high quality

bad taste – a lack of judgment in what is appropriate or attractive

taste in music – a person's personal preference in music styles

🔄 Synonyms

discernment (n.) – the ability to judge the quality of something

refinement (n.) – the quality of being elegant, cultured, and having good taste

judgment (n.) – the ability to make considered decisions or form opinions

🚫 Antonyms

tastelessness (n.) – lack of aesthetic sensibility or good judgment

vulgarity (n.) – lack of refinement or good taste

🌱 Derivatives

tasteful (adj.) – showing good aesthetic judgment

tasteless (adj.) – lacking in aesthetic judgment or refinement

distasteful (adj.) – unpleasant or offensive in taste or style