(1) ① taste指“品尝、尝出味道”。
- She tasted the soup to see whether she had put enough salt in it.
她尝了一下汤,看看是否放足了盐。 - Can you taste anything strange in this soup?
你能尝出这汤有什么怪味吗? - If you have a bad cold, you can't taste anything.
如果你得了重感冒,就尝不出任何味道。
②taste也作“吃,喝”解。
- The prisoner had not tasted food in the three days since he'd escaped.
这名囚犯在越狱后的三天内没吃到一口东西。
③taste还可作系动词,表示有某种味道,后接形容词、介词like组成的短语或“of+某种味道的名词”。
- The apple tastes a bit sour.
这苹果尝起来有点酸。 - The drink tastes like pineapple juice.
这饮料喝起来像菠萝汁。 - This dish tastes too much of salt.
这道菜太咸了。 - It tastes too much of garlic/spice.
它的蒜/香料味太浓。 - The meat has been cooked for too long and does not taste of anything.
这肉被煮的时间太长了,尝不出任何味道了。
④taste用于引申,意为“体验,领略”。
- Once people have tasted the joys of freedom, they are unwilling to become slaves again.
一旦人们体验到了自由的快乐,他们就不会愿意再成为奴隶了。 - During last year's trip, they tasted for the first time how dangerous, unforgiving and changeable the Antarctic can be.
在去年的旅行中,他们第一次领略到南极洲是多么的危险、无情和多变。
(2) flavour/flavor意为“调味,加味于”,常与with连用,可作及物动词和不及物动词。
- She flavored the cake with chocolate.
她在蛋糕里加了巧克力以调味。 - When preparing the dish, you'd better add some garlic to flavor .
做这道菜时,最好加点蒜来调调味。
(3) ①savour/savor意为“加上(某种香味)”;又作“品味,品尝,体验”解。
- I told my wife not to forget to put some pepper to savour the soup.
我告诉妻子别忘了放些胡椒粉给汤调味。 - He drank the wine slowly, savouring every drop.
他呷着酒,细细品味。 - She savored the pleasures of country life in the summer.
她体验着夏季里乡村生活的快乐。
②savor of可指“(食品等)有……的味道”,可与taste of换用;也可表示有某种倾向、味道。
- The dish savored of garlic.
这菜有蒜味。 - They disliked any law that savoured of more government control.
他们不喜欢任何有更多政府控制倾向的法律。
