savor
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- 1 savor、taste and appreciate
- 2 experience firsthand、taste (success, defeat, etc.)
This verb means to savor the taste of food or drink. Figuratively, it can also mean to personally experience something memorable, such as success or defeat.
savor、taste and appreciate
To consciously appreciate and enjoy the flavor of food or drink, often with a sense of savoring it.
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ลิ้มรสอาหารไทยแท้ lím rót aahǎan thay thɛ́ɛ savor authentic Thai food ลิ้มรสอาหารไทยแท้ details
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เชิญลิ้มรสกาแฟหอมกรุ่น chəən lím rót kaafɛɛ hɔ̌ɔm krùn Please enjoy our aromatic coffee. เชิญลิ้มรสกาแฟหอมกรุ่น details
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เขาค่อย ๆ ลิ้มรสไวน์ khǎw khɔ̂y khɔ̂y lím rót way He slowly savored the wine. เขาค่อย ๆ ลิ้มรสไวน์ details
experience firsthand、taste (success, defeat, etc.)
Figuratively, to personally undergo and fully feel a significant experience, whether pleasant or painful.
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ลิ้มรสความสำเร็จ lím rót khwaam sǎmrèt taste success ลิ้มรสความสำเร็จ details
Learning notes
Explanation
ลิ้มรส combines ลิ้ม, “to take a little into the mouth and discover its taste,” with รส, “taste” or “flavor.” It suggests consciously appreciating a flavor rather than merely putting something in one’s mouth. It is more expressive and polished than an everyday verb for checking the taste, so it often appears in restaurant advertising, menus, travel writing, and descriptions of food. It is also used figuratively for memorable experiences. Common patterns include ลิ้มรสความสำเร็จ “taste success,” ลิ้มรสชัยชนะ “taste victory,” and ลิ้มรสความพ่ายแพ้ “taste defeat.”
Usage
It is commonly used to present food or drink attractively and to invite customers to enjoy it, especially in advertisements, menus, food writing, and travel material. The figurative use appears when discussing powerful experiences such as victory in sports, professional success, war, defeat, or hardship.
Caution
For simply tasting food to check its seasoning, ชิม is normally more natural. ลิ้มรส emphasizes savoring or appreciating the taste and may sound overly expressive for a routine action. In the figurative use, it normally takes a noun naming the experience. It is not generally used with a person or place as its direct object to mean “experience” in a broad sense.
Differences from similar words
1 savor synonyms
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ชิม is the everyday verb for tasting a small amount to check the flavor. ลิ้มรส places more emphasis on appreciating or savoring the flavor and is common in food writing and promotional language.
2 experience firsthand synonyms
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ประสบ is a broad, neutral verb meaning to encounter or experience events, problems, or success. ลิ้มรส is more vivid and figurative, presenting the experience as something one can “taste.”
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สัมผัส can mean to physically touch or to directly feel an emotion or atmosphere. ลิ้มรส specifically frames experiences such as success, victory, defeat, or suffering as something tasted.