Ginger
['dʒɪndʒə] or ['dʒɪndʒɚ]
解释:
(noun.) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery.
(noun.) dried ground gingerroot.
(noun.) perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems.
(verb.) add ginger to in order to add flavor; 'ginger the soup'.
(adj.) (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; 'a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes'; 'a ginger kitten' .
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解释:
(n.) A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.
(n.) The hot and spicy rootstock of Zingiber officinale, which is much used in cookery and in medicine.
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解释:
n. the root of a plant in the East and West Indies with a hot and spicy taste useful as a condiment or stomachic.—ns. Gingerade′ an aerated drink flavoured with ginger; Gin′gerbeer an effervescent drink flavoured with ginger; Gin′gerbread sweet bread flavoured with ginger; Gin′ger-cor′dial a cordial made of ginger lemon-peel raisins water and sometimes spirits; Gin′gernut a small cake flavoured with ginger and sweetened with molasses.—adj. Gin′gerous like ginger.—ns. Gin′gerpop weak gingerbeer; Gin′gersnap a thin brittle cake spiced with ginger; Gin′ger-wine a liquor made by the fermentation of sugar and water and flavoured with various spices chiefly ginger.—Gingerbread ware or work cheap and tawdry ornamental work.—Take the gilt off the gingerbread to destroy the illusion.
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例句:
- There are also from Jamaica a green lime, some fresh tamarinds, and some pieces of fresh ginger. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- He had a shilling in his pocket; and he dined sumptuously, he tells me, on a black-pudding, an eel-pie, and a bottle of ginger-beer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- He'll be after the men's cans in the hay-field, and peeping in; and then there'll be an ado because it's not ginger beer, but I can't help it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- They were all people in humble circumstances, and the melancholy boy's mother kept a ginger-beer shop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- Soda water, whiskey, beer, ginger ale, tea, coffee, and chocolate represent enormous industries, and probably all do more harm than they do good. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- I shouldn't wonder if we found a ginger-bread soldier downstairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
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