ginger

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义
英 /ˈdʒɪndʒə/    美 /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The pungent aromatic rhizome of a tropical Asian herb, Zingiber officinale, used as a spice and as a stimulant and acarminative. countable,uncountable
  2. A homosexual. Cockney,UK,slang
  3. The plant that produces this rhizome. countable,uncountable
  4. Other species belonging to the same family, Zingiberaceae, especially those of the genus Zingiber countable,uncountable
  5. A reddish-brown color. countable,uncountable
  6. A person with reddish hair; a redhead. colloquial,countable,derogatory,often
  7. Vitality, vigour, liveliness (of character). colloquial,uncountable
    — The position in the country and in this House might be well expressed by a reference to the recent activities of the ginger party in Great Britain — the party that demanded that more ginger be put into the conduct of the war.
  8. Ginger ale, or can or bottle of such (especially if dry). colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — Can you buy dry ginger in Croatia? If not what is an alternative?
  9. Any fizzy soft drink, or can or bottle of such; pop; soda. Scotland,colloquial,countable,uncountable
    — Here’s, um, not toast but bread, anyway. And a can of ginger.
动词 v.
  1. To add ginger to. transitive
    — They gingered the biscotti, black and whited the cookies and oated the meals.
  2. To move gingerly, in a very careful and cautious manner.
    — Spring training began on Christmas Day, when my cousin and I gingered onto the lot behind the fire station to try out our new spikes.
  3. To enliven, to spice (up). idiomatic,transitive
    — The accident was an excuse merely to replace an old-fashioned regular with old-fashioned notions by an active, fire-eating young general who would ginger things up.
  4. To apply ginger to the anus of a horse to encourage it to carry its tail high and move in a lively fashion. transitive
    — If he had been gingered, he would have gone well. After I bought him, I gingered him.
  5. To inspire (someone); to give a little boost to. Nigeria,transitive
    — These steps may not be immediately popular, but the society may have to bear with them until they succeed in gingering renewed interest and pride in the language so chosen.
形容词 adj.
  1. Homosexual. Cockney,UK,not-comparable,slang
  2. Very careful or cautious; also, delicate, sensitive. Canada,UK,US,regional
    — He’s going to get an interview about ten o’clock, making the old gentleman predict war, and we’ll get out the gingerest kind of a special on the strength of it!
  3. Of a reddish-brown color.
    — My eyes track upwards past the shoes to a pair of skinny legs, skinnier than mine, then to a tight black mini. Above that is a crisp white shirt. And crowning the whole thing is a mop of the gingerest hair I’ve ever seen in my life.
  4. Having hair or fur of this color.
    — a ginger tomcat
副词 adv.
  1. In a very careful or cautious manner; also, delicately, sensitively.

词形变化

gingers plural more ginger comparative gingerer comparative,rare most ginger superlative gingerest rare,superlative gingers present,singular,third-person gingering participle,present gingered participle,past gingered past more ginger comparative gingerer comparative,rare most ginger superlative gingerest rare,superlative more ginger comparative most ginger superlative gingers present,singular,third-person gingering participle,present gingered participle,past gingered past gingers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
African ginger aromatic ginger baby ginger black ginger bleached ginger blue ginger butterfly ginger by ginger Canada ginger Chinese ginger Cochin ginger common ginger crêpe ginger dry ginger Egyptian ginger gingerade ginger ale ginger beer gingerbread ginger bug ginger cordial gingerette ginger grass ginger group ginger-hackled Ginger Island gingerism gingerita ginger knob gingerlike ginger lily ginger minger gingermint ginger ninja ginger nut gingernut gingerol gingerous gingerphobe gingerphobia ginger pop ginger-pop ginger root ginger snap gingersnap gingersome ginger talk gingertini ginger wine gingery gingette green ginger Indian ginger Jamaica ginger Japanese ginger kahili ginger knock down ginger knock-knock ginger limed ginger mango ginger new ginger pinecone ginger pink ginger race ginger red ginger sand ginger sea ginger shampoo ginger shell ginger show a little ginger Siamese ginger spiral ginger spring ginger stem ginger stone-ginger Thai ginger torch ginger white ginger wild ginger yellow ginger young ginger ginger-haired Ginger Line gingervitis ginger up
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词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English gingere, alteration of gingivere, from Old English gingifer, gingiber (influenced by Old French gingembre), from Medieval Latin gingiber, zingiber, from Latin zingiberi, from Late Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera), ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr), a compound of 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci, “ginger”) and 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr, “root”) (compare modern Tamil இஞ்சிவேர் (iñcivēr), from இஞ்சி (iñci, “ginger”) + வேர் (vēr, “root”)).
词源 2
Back-formation from gingerly (adverb).
词源 3
Cockney rhyming slang: ginger beer, queer.
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