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ginger

/jin-jer/US // ˈdʒɪn dʒər //UK // (ˈdʒɪndʒə) //

姜,姜子牙,姜汁,生姜

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 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.Compare ginger family.
    • : any of various related or similar plants.
    • : the rhizome of the ginger plant, ground, chopped, etc. and used as a flavoring.
    • : Informal. piquancy; animation: plenty of ginger in their performance of the dance.
    • : a yellowish or reddish brown.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to treat or flavor with ginger.
    • : Informal. to impart piquancy or spirit to; enliven: to ginger up a talk with a few jokes.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : flavored or made with ginger.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounspirit

Examples

  • The most strenuous thing about the recipe — and by “strenuous” I mean mildly time-consuming — was peeling and microplaning fresh ginger, because I am a ginger freak and thus always use at least twice the amount called for.

  • The duck bone broth, paired with thin rice noodles and crisp with scallions, fairly hums with ginger.

  • Now there’s a ginger-ale version too, not that anyone asked for it.

  • Some studies show that ginger can have a therapeutic effect on nausea, though whether it brings significant or mild relief varies from person to person.

  • There’s the basic categories you’d expect in a holiday cookie list — a linzer, a bar cookie, a ginger cookie — but all with a twist of some sort.

  • “I would recommend ginger tea first thing in the morning as a great way to ward off an upset stomach,” says White.

  • Ginger discrimination—particularly among boys—is a real problem, says artist Thomas Knights.

  • The teasing is so common that is has been accepted as “the standard ginger bullying” by those who Knights has encountered.

  • The names continue to pour in: Rihanna, Scarlett Johansson, and Rose McGowan—even though their ginger locks were only temporary.

  • He finally felt comfortable enough to embrace his ginger roots.

  • Inside were twelve ginger cookies with scalloped edges, smelling faintly of cinnamon and sugar.

  • You've done a big thing to-day, and if you hadn't had more pluck and ginger than common, it's a cinch you'd have lost out.

  • Ginger-beer could also be procured, and there were suspicions that the bottles so called contained something contraband.

  • Cinnamon Fly,—feather from Landrail,—orange and straw coloured silk for body,—ginger hackle for legs.

  • The little bantam can crow quicker, oftener and with more ginger than any other rooster on the place.