| 单词 | ginger |
| 释义 | ginger /jin"jeuhr/, n. 1. a reedlike plant, Zingiber officinale, native to the East Indies but now cultivated in most tropical countries, having a pungent, spicy rhizome used in cookery and medicine. Cf. ginger family. 2. any of various related or similar plants. 3. Informal. piquancy; animation: plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance. 4. a yellowish or reddish brown. v.t. 5. to treat or flavor with ginger. 6. Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven (usually fol. by up): to ginger up a talk with a few jokes. adj. 7. flavored or made with ginger. [bef. 1000; ME ginger, gingivere < OF gingivre < L gingiber, for zingiberi < Gk zingíberis; r. OE gingiber < L, as above] |
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