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palate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Human, Tastes
pal·ate /ˈpælət/ noun  1. [countable]HBH the roof (=top inside part) of your mouth cleft palate, soft palate2 [countable, uncountable]CT the sense of taste, and especially your ability to enjoy or judge food 味觉 It tasted very strange, at least to my untrained palate. 这东西尝起来怪怪的,至少对于我这未经训练的味觉来说是如此。 a collection of dishes to tempt your palate 让人胃口大开的一系列菜肴
Examples from the Corpus
palateThey're versatile, consistently good and - to almost every palate - delicious.They may also feel their eyes, nose or palate itching.Trust your own palate and your own sensibility.The verb is longer but unambiguous, a demonstrative moment as the tongue flicks anxiously away from the palate to release the vowel.Fresh tomatoes make the sandwich more pleasing to the palate.Diaz's food is as scrumptious to the palate as the bank lobby is beautiful to behold.The palate is clean, with harmonious fruit and acidity.This aesthetic presentation is a very nice touch in a meal already replete with interesting tastes dancing merrily across your palate.
Origin palate (1300-1400) Latin palatum
pal·ate nounChineseSyllable
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palate
palate /ˈpælət, ˈpælɪt/ noun
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: palatum
1. [countable] the roof (=top inside part) of your mouth ⇨ cleft palate, soft palate
2. [uncountable and countable] the sense of taste, and especially your ability to enjoy or judge food:
    It tasted very strange, at least to my untrained palate.
    a collection of dishes to tempt your palate


pal·ateBrE /ˈpælət/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpælət/ 🔊 nounthe top part of the inside of the mouth 腭;上腭the hard/soft palate (= the hard/soft part at the front/back of the palate ) 硬腭;软腭   see also cleft palate [usually singular] the ability to recognize and/or enjoy good food and drink 味觉;品尝力a menu to tempt even the most jaded palate 能引起最没胃口的人食欲的食谱