| 单词 |
gustation |
| 释义 |
gustation|gʌˈsteɪʃən|
[ad. L. gustātiōn-em, n. of action f. gustāre to taste, gust v.1]
The action or faculty of tasting; taste.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 106/1 Mixe it with Suger, because it mighte be the more delectable of gustation. 1615H. Crooke Body of Man 631 This heape of Glandules..groweth to the roote of the Tongue that it might continually be moistned, for without moisture there can be no Gustation. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. vii. xiv. 367 The Gullet and conveying parts..which partake not of the nerves of gustation or appertaining unto sapor. 1737Bracken Farriery Impr. (1756) I. 197 Man..ransacks both the Indies for hot fiery Spices to satisfy his most unreasonable Gustation. 1841–71T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 732 The whole interior of the mouth is..from its construction, little adapted to gustation. 1846Sir W. Hamilton Dissert. in Reid's Wks. 828 While Gustation expresses the act of what is able to taste, the act of that capable of being tasted is nameless. 1873A. Flint Nerv. Syst. i. 16 The special senses, such as sight, audition, olfaction, and gustation.
fig.1658Sir T. Browne Hydriot. v. 83 If any have been so happy as truly to understand..gustation of God. |
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