| 单词 | palate |
| 释义 | palate (once / 1620 pages) n Touch your tongue to the top of your mouth. What you're touching is your palate. Palate is often used when discussing taste in a broader sense, as in: chocolate cake is pleasing to the palate. A person with an expensive palate likes only high-priced culinary treats. Someone who tastes slight nuances in food is said to have a well-developed palate, and someone who likes only fancy food is said to have a sophisticated palate. In reality, most taste receptors are on the tongue. But that doesn't sound sophisticated at all, does it? WORD FAMILYpalate: palatal, palates+/palatal: palatalise, palatalize, palatals/palatalise: palatalised/palatalize: palatalized USAGE EXAMPLES“But I discovered the human palate is amazingly adaptable, and after two weeks without salt or sugar, I no longer craved them.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Diners’ palates became more refined, and Washington’s restaurant scene exploded. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Keep your palate satisfied by bringing snacks like fruit, protein bars and sandwiches. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) n the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities Syn|Hyper roof of the mouth surface the extended two-dimensional outer boundary of a three-dimensional object |
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