| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_not-having-a-strong-taste-or-flavour |
| 释义 | not having a strong taste or flavourThe most common word to describe food that does not have a strong taste or flavour is bland. Bland is used only of food, not drink. The soup is very bland, it could use more herbs and spices. If food or drink is very bland, you can say it is tasteless or flavourless. Flavourless is the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling is flavorless. The boiled chicken is practically tasteless. UKThese tomatoes from the grocer's are flavourless. The opposite of flavourless or tasteless is flavourful. Flavourful is the UK English spelling of this word. The US English spelling is flavorful. UKThese berries are so flavourful! The word insipid can be used to refer to drinks or liquids that are not very strongly flavoured. Insipid is disapproving and is more formal than bland. He was drinking an insipid light beer. If a drink has no flavour because it has too much water in it, you can say it is watered-down or watery. The bar served bad food and watered-down cocktails. The tea was too watery. In informal use, you can also say the drink tastes like dishwater. This is a disapproving phrase. This tea tastes like dishwater! Alcoholic drinks that do not have much alcohol in them are called weak. Weak is also used to describe hot drinks such as tea and coffee that are not brewed for long enough. The punch was quite weak. I can't stand drinking weak tea. The opposite of weak in this use is strong. Watch out, his cocktails are quite strong! This coffee is too strong for me. When referring only to alcoholic drinks, another opposite of weak is stiff. Stiff can only be used before a noun. What I need is a stiff drink. |
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