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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

flavour
  1. 1. noun [of food] [ drink]
  2. 2. vt. [+food] [ drink] 给…调味
    strawberry-flavoured
    草莓味的
    music with an African flavour
    具有非洲风情音乐

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

flavour ['flevɚ] ['fleɪvə]
  1. 1. noun,vt. flavor的英国拼法

Collins English-English Dictionary

flavour ['fleɪvə]
  1. 1. n taste perceived in food or liquid in the mouth
  2. 2. n a substance added to food, etc, to impart a specific taste
  3. 3. n a distinctive quality or atmosphere; suggestion
    a poem with a Shakespearean flavour
  4. 4. n a type or variety
    various flavours of graphical interface
  5. 5. n [Physics] a property of quarks that enables them to be differentiated into six types: up, down, strange, charm, bottom (or beauty), and top (or truth)
  6. 6. vt. [tr] to impart a flavour, taste, or quality to
  7. 7. vt. [Etymology] C14: from Old French flaour, from Late Latin flator (unattested) bad smell, breath, from Latin flare to blow

Examples

The herbs add flavour.
香料增添特殊风味。
Addition of water has done little to enhance the flavour.
添水并没有起到多少提味的效果。
In addition, avoid all food additives including colours, preservatives and flavour enhancers
另外,要避免使用包括色素、防腐剂和香味增强剂在内的所有食品添加剂。
The wine has a light, dry fruity flavour and delicate bouquet.
这种酒有一种淡淡的果香和微妙的酒香。
he took a mouthful of salmon and chewed slowly to get the flavour.
他咬了一大口鲑鱼肉,慢慢嚼着,体会它的味道。
She drank, savoring the flavour with closed eyes.
她小酌一口,然后闭上眼睛细细品味。
By eating the herbs, the fish would have taken on a slight herby flavour themselves.
通过喂食草本植物,这些鱼本身都会带有一些草本植物的味道。
a fulsome flavour

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