Gingerly
['dʒɪndʒəlɪ] or ['dʒɪndʒɚli]
解释:
(adj.) with extreme care or delicacy; 'they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones'; 'the issue was handled only in a gingerly way'- W.S.White .
(adv.) in a gingerly manner; 'gingerly I raised the edge of the blanket'.
黛娜编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) Cautiously; timidly; fastidiously; daintily.
艾维斯编辑
同义词及近义词:
ad. Cautiously, tenderly, carefully, daintily, fastidiously.
整理:罗德尼
解释:
adv. with soft steps: cautiously.
整理:蒂娜
例句:
- Two of them took hold of my right leg very gingerly and bent it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- Gingerly I drew a long-sword from the rack. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Professor Porter rolled over upon his stomach; gingerly he bowed his back until he resembled a huge tom cat in proximity to a yelping dog. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Laurie screwed up his face and obeyed with a gingerly peck at each little cheek that produced another laugh, and made the babies squeal. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
整理:蒂娜