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tasteful

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++taste·ful /ˈteɪstfəl/ adjective  TASTE IN CLOTHES, MUSIC ETCmade, decorated, or chosen with good taste 有品位的,有鉴赏力的,趣味高雅的 tasteful furnishings 趣味高雅的家具陈设Do not confuse with tasty. Use tasty to describe food that tastes good: This food is really tasty.不要与 tasty 混淆。tasty 用于形容食物美味: This food is really tasty. 这食物真的很美味。tastefully adverb tastefully decorated 装饰得很有品位的tastefulness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
tastefulMy uncle wore a flannel suit, a spotless white shirt and a tasteful but sombre tie.Gray, a prosperous-looking lawyer in his tasteful dark suits, asked for the presidential apology and brought the survivors to Washington.The room is filled with tasteful furnishings and original artworks.Almost by accident, Bob discovered that by having tasteful furnishings in apartments, they were easier to rent.A tasteful inch of white cuff protruded from beneath his black suit coat.Such is the force of commodity culture that a tasteful logo and unconnected image can sell clothes around the world.On a slightly more tasteful note, as of this month the £40 software voucher reward is being scrapped.The house is newly furnished with tasteful things.
taste·ful adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus with chosen or decorated, good taste made,


tasteful
tasteful /ˈteɪstfəl/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: taste, distaste, tastefulness, taster, tasting; adjective: tastefultasteless, distasteful, tasty; adverb: tastefully, distastefully; verb: taste
made, decorated, or chosen with good taste:
    tasteful furnishings
   Do not confuse with tasty. Use tasty to describe food that tastes good: This food is really tasty.
—tastefully adverb:
    tastefully decorated
—tastefulness noun [uncountable]


taste·fulBrE /ˈteɪstfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪstfl/ 🔊 adjective(especially of clothes, furniture, decorations, etc. 尤指衣服、家具、装饰等) attractive and of good quality and showing that the person who chose them can recognize good things 高雅的;雅致的;优美的 taste·ful·ly BrE /ˈteɪstfəli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪstfəli/ 🔊 adverbThe bedroom was tastefully furnished. 这卧室布置得很雅致。🔊🔊