Ginger



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 姜, 活力
• ［英］ n. 姜, 活力 ( vigor, spirit)
• ［记］ 注意 gingerly ( 极为谨慎的, 小心翼翼的)
• ［例］ the ginger to work hard ( 努力工作的劲头)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, alteration of Old English gingifer, from Medieval Latin gingiber, alteration of Latin zingiber, from Greek zingiberi, of Indo-Aryan origin; akin to Pali si?givēra ginger
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) a thickened pungent aromatic rhizome that is used as a spice and sometimes medicinally
    • (2) the spice usually prepared by drying and grinding ginger
  • b. any of a genus (Zingiber of the family Zingiberaceae, the ginger family) of herbs with pungent aromatic rhizomes; especially a widely cultivated tropical herb (Z. officinale) that supplies most commercial ginger — compare wild ginger
• 2. pep <the ginger to…work hard — Willa Cather>
• 3. a light reddish or reddish-brown color <ginger hair>
• ? gingery adjective

II. transitive verb (gingered; gingering)

• Date: 1849
• to make lively ; pep up <ginger up the tourist trade — New York Times>

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