| 单词 | acquired taste |
| 释义 | > as lemmasacquired taste acquired taste n. a liking gained gradually, through experience or repeated exposure; (hence) a person who or thing which is not immediately appealing, but which one comes to enjoy or appreciate over a period of time. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > [noun] > acquired taste acquired tastea1792 the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > [noun] > fact of being to one's taste > that for which a taste is acquired acquired tastea1792 a1792 J. Reynolds in Wks. (1797) I. p. xii I am now clearly of opinion, that a relish for the higher excellencies of art is an acquired taste, which no man ever possessed without long cultivation. 1858 Illustr. News of World 24 July 55/3 A yielding to the acquired taste of tobacco cannot be gratified for any length of time without..affecting the breath. 1885 W. S. Gilbert Mikado ii. 43 He would have loved me in time. I am an acquired taste. 1928 Daily Express 12 Dec. 10/5 It is not really bad wine... It is an acquired taste. 1998 Time Out N.Y. 22 Jan. 91/4 Her..elliptical song structures are a bit of an acquired taste. < as lemmas |
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