be in bad, poor, the worst possible, etc. taste
taste
verb[ T ]
uk /teɪst/ us /teɪst/

tasteverb[T] (FOOD/DRINK)

B1
to put food or drink in your mouth to find out what flavour it has: 尝…的味道
Taste this sauce and tell me if it needs seasoning.尝尝酱汁，看看要不要加佐料。
What is this? I've never tasted anything like it.这究竟是什么东西？我从没吃过这种东西。
 taste good, bad, sweet, etc.
B1
to have a particular flavour: 吃起来好吃／难吃／甜（等等）
This sauce tastes strange.这种酱汁味道很怪。
Taste the stew to see if it has enough salt.
How do you know you don't like it if you won't even taste it?
We all tasted the cake.
If you've ever tasted Carmen's cooking, you'll know what I mean.
She drew off a little of her home-made wine just to taste.她取出一点儿自家酿的酒尝了尝。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Eating
al desko
binge
binge eating
bite
break breadidiom
cram
devour
fall on/upon someone
feast
feast on something
feeder
feeding
gulp
inhale
mainline
pick at something
picnic
pig
pig out
postprandial

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Drinking

tasteverb[T] (EXPERIENCE)

to experience something for a short time: （短暂）体验，经历，领略
Once you've tasted luxury it's very hard to settle for anything else.你一旦体验过奢侈的滋味，就很难将就了。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Experiencing and suffering
(straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
afflict
affliction
almost/nearly die of somethingidiom
be a martyr to somethingidiom
be a victim of your own successidiom
bear
count
go through
grip
hands-on
hit someone where they liveidiom
hold onidiom
horse
practical
ride
seat-of-the-pants
see lifeidiom
stricken
suffer the consequences

taste | American Dictionary

taste
noun[ C/U ]
us/teɪst/

tastenoun[C/U] (FLAVOR)

a flavor and feeling produced by food or drink in your mouth that tells you what it is and lets you appreciate it, or the ability to have this feeling:
[ U ]Sugar has a sweet taste and lemons have a sour taste.
[ U ]I’ve lost my taste for (= stopped enjoying the taste of) spicy foods.
A taste is also a small amount:
[ Cusually sing ]Have a taste of this sauce and tell me if it’s too salty.
[ Cusually sing ]fig. I had a taste of (= I briefly experienced) factory work last summer, and I didn’t like it at all.

tastenoun[C/U] (JUDGMENT)

a person’s ability to judge and appreciate what is good and suitable, esp. in art, beauty, style, and behavior:
[ U ]Barbara has good/poor taste in clothes.
Taste is also a person’s liking for or appreciation of something:
[ C ]My son and I have very different tastes in music.
taste
verb
us/teɪst/

tasteverb (HAVE FLAVOR)

to have a particular flavor:
[ L ]Coffee always tastes good in the morning.
[ Ialways+ adv/prep ]This tastes as if/as though/like it has pepper in it.
[ T ]I hope you can taste the garlic.
[ T ]Taste (= try a little of) this and tell me if you like it.

Examples of taste

taste
Taste is a complex, modern phenomenon that can be understood in a number of ways.
If the taste police wanted a more 'contextual' look, they could have it.
They watch world cinema and have very different tastes from their parents.
More than any other element of her dress, the simplicity of her accessories marked the horsewoman's good taste.
Like the spelling, the punctuation of the received text belongs to the eighteenth century and often appears heavy to modern taste.
Surely, the greater the knowledge these theatres gather about their audiences' tastes, the better they will be able to articulate a clearly defined artistic mission.
The veil of prudery and so-called good taste must be torn aside from this subject.
It is a condition that does not lead to contentment and an even satisfaction, but to an ever extending desire for the choice fruits tasted.
It was clear, however, that his academic tastes extended beyond this.
This suggests that his theory is less important in his own practice, and in the practice of others, than unspoken and unverified matters of taste.
We begin by shortly analyzing the case without taste for variety.
Though such apparently polarised genres often appeal to markedly different tastes and aesthetic ideologies, they nonetheless share a number of similar conventions.
They are too dominated by conventions of rhyming for his taste (1986: 8).
It became very popular in the early 1990s and is associated with bad taste, kitsch, provincialism, and a lack of political consciousness.
Now, his customers want fruit that not only tastes good but is also free from blemishes.
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acrid taste
It has an acrid taste, with a slight to pungent odor.
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