tasty

Word family  noun taste distaste tastefulness taster tasting adjective tasteful ≠ tasteless distasteful tasty verb taste adverb tastefully distastefully

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tast·y /ˈteɪsti/ ●●○ adjective (comparative tastier, superlative tastiest)  1  DELICIOUSfood that is tasty has a good taste, but is not sweet 好吃的，味道好的，味美可口的 a simple but tasty meal 简单而可口的饭菜 → tasteful► see thesaurus at taste2. informalINTERESTING tasty news, gossip etc is especially interesting and often connected with sex or surprising behaviour 〔新闻、传闻等〕特别有趣的，与奇闻趣事有关的3. British English informalSEXY sexually attractive 性感的

Examples from the Corpus

tasty• These cookies are very tasty.• The breakfast is complete and tasty.• Fruits ripened on the vine are tasty but soft and difficult to transport.• She makes really tasty dish with chicken and rice.• Ceratopteris is tasty food for aquarium snails.• She was chilly and irritable, liked tasty foods and vinegar, and had an aversion to fat, meat and milk.• Families can drop the custom of serving unappetizing desserts and start tasty new holiday traditions, Eisenberg suggests.• After putting the dishes together, the editor has a full-course meal-a tasty one, if possible.• These sausages are really tasty - where did you buy them?

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tasty
tast‧y /ˈteɪsti/ adjective (comparative tastier, superlative tastiest)1. food that is tasty has a good taste, but is not sweet:
    a simple but tasty meal ⇨ tasteful
2. informal tasty news, gossip etc is especially interesting and often connected with sex or surprising behaviour
3. British English informal sexually attractive
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ delicious something that is delicious tastes very good, and you enjoy eating or drinking it: The apple pie is delicious with vanilla ice cream.
   ▪ tasty informal food that is tasty has a strong taste that you like: She makes a really tasty dish with chicken and rice.
   ▪ succulent written succulent food contains a lot of juice and tastes good – used especially about fruit, vegetables, or meat: succulent melons | a succulent steak
   ▪ appetizing (also appetising British English) food that looks or smells appetizing makes you feel that you want to eat it: The soup didn’t look very appetizing but it tasted delicious.
   ▪ mouth-watering food that is mouth-watering smells or looks delicious, especially in a way that persuades you to buy or eat it: The waiter came round with a tray of mouth-watering cream cakes.
   ▪ flavourful (also flavorful American English) having a strong pleasant taste – used especially in written descriptions: a flavourful red wine
   ▪ yummy/scrumptious informal tasting very good – used about food, not about drinks: Her homemade brownies are really yummy. | a scrumptious meal

tastyBrE /ˈteɪsti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪsti/ 🔊 adjective (tasti·er, tasti·est) (approving) having a strong and pleasant flavour 美味的；可口的；好吃的◆a tasty meal美餐◆something tasty to eat好吃的东西(BrE, informal, sometimes offensive) a word that some men use about women that they think are sexually attractive 风骚的，有味道的，性感的（男子用以形容性感女子）▸ tasti·ness BrE /ˈteɪstinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈteɪstinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]