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Your palate is the roof of your mouth, inside - the top part that separates your mouth from your nose. The word is also used for a person's sense of taste, especially their ability to notice and enjoy different flavors, often in food or wine - like saying someone 'has a refined palate'.
上顎；味覺；（比喻）品味、鑑賞力（尤指味覺）
原始詞典資料9 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
palatenoun/ˈpæl.ət/
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anatomybiologymedicineThe roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
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rareanatomybiologyentomologyThe roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
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anatomybiologybotanyThe roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
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historicalanatomycookingfoodThe roof of the mouth, separating the cavities of the mouth and nose in vertebrates.
- I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising ‘Gordon's palates’ (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done for honour to more important subjects.
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A person's ability to distinguish between and appreciate different flavors.
- Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
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Mental relish; a liking or affinity for something.
- entertain the palates of Nobles
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Taste or flavour, especially with reference to wine or other alcoholic drinks.
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obsoleteA dainty article of food.
- I remember, when he was in Scotland, his praising 'Gordon's palates,' (a dish of palates at the Honourable Alexander Gordon's) with a warmth of expression which might have done honour to more important subjects.
palateverb/ˈpæl.ət/
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To relish; to find palatable.
- Not palating the taste of her dishonour
- "If it’s way out there, it’s hard to palate," said Sreenivasan.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。