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Definition of ginger in English: gingernoun ˈdʒɪndʒəˈdʒɪndʒər mass noun1A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied. 姜(指作为调味香料的姜,用姜属植物的根茎制成),生姜 Example sentencesExamples - Add the chopped garlic, ginger, chopped green chilli and lime leaves.
- I spice it up with ginger, garlic, chillies, lemon grass and lime juice, not forgetting fresh coriander leaves.
- In a food processor or blender, combine tomatoes, pepper, salt, coriander powder, ginger and jalapeno peppers.
- Indian food is prepared with a variety of spices, including cumin, turmeric, chili powder, ginger, and garlic.
- Nutmeg, pepper, caraway seeds, ground ginger and the curry spices of cumin and coriander are also worth considering.
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short for ginger ale Example sentencesExamples - We ended up playing scrabble in the park, drinking vodka and ginger.
- She is partial to a small sherry at lunchtime and a brandy and dry ginger or a gin-and-tonic in the evening.
- Orange, apple, ginger, melon - all good with vodka.
- The only way to appease is to replace vodka and ginger with vodka and beer.
2A SE Asian plant, which resembles bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken. 姜(产于东南亚,外表似竹) Zingiber officinale, family Zingiberaceae Example sentencesExamples - Both lemon grass and ginger can be grown in the edible garden, directly in the ground or in pots.
- The remaining land is currently being tilled to sow more cereals, ginger, sugarcane or potatoes as soon as I get the right seeds.
- The couple has since added bromeliads, gardenia, ginger, hibiscus, other tropical plants, and a fountain to the atrium.
- Now, in place of rice fields stood yellowing ginger ready to be harvested.
- We lived from subsistence farming, growing sweet potatoes, corn, some sugarcane, and ginger.
3A light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour. 姜黄色 Example sentencesExamples - He hasn't aged that well, but that may be down to the fact that he dyes his hair ginger instead of black now.
- She kept her shoulder-length hair coloured its original shade of ginger - at her age, its natural shade would be thickly laced with white - and her figure was as slender as ever.
- Hair colour can range from fair strawberry blonde through strong ginger to a flaming rusty red.
- I wouldn't put it past him to dye his hair ginger.
- 3.1British derogatory, informal count noun A red-haired or ginger-haired person.
4A quality of energy or spiritedness. the ginger had gone out of the men
adjective ˈdʒɪndʒəˈdʒɪndʒər 1(chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown colour. (主要指毛发或动物毛皮)姜黄色的 Example sentencesExamples - Lucas already has a number of initiatives to help raise money, including a sponsored change of hair colour for which he will dye his ginger hair blond for six weeks.
- But you can bet I'll still get teased for having ginger hair.
- She let her thick, wavy, ginger hair down and it fell nicely on her shoulders.
- She had a shock of bright ginger hair reaching well down her back and what looked like an old school satchel over her shoulder.
- He had a shaved head and a full ginger beard, with freckles on his face and forearms.
- He chased his tail and ate May's ferns, and sharpened his tiny claws on the kitchen chair legs, and left a light layer of ginger fur everywhere he went.
- He's described as 5'11 in height and of medium build with tightly cropped hair and a ginger moustache.
- He would be practically unrecognisable without his signature ginger hair.
- She had long flowing ginger hair, and deep almond coloured eyes.
- Back then, I had long hair and a ginger beard.
Synonyms reddish-brown, tawny, chestnut, russet, coppery, copper, auburn, titian, reddish, gingery, rusty, rufous - 1.1 (of a cat) having ginger fur.
Example sentencesExamples - Two beautiful ginger tom cats came to live with me and my son John a year ago last September.
- Her ginger cat came sauntering into the room as if he owned it.
- This ginger kitten named Garfield seemed to believe it was invisible as it covered one eye with a paw and sat in a flower pot to hide from a large dog.
- She lives with a 13-year-old ginger tom called Archie.
- Tim and I have been married for 43 years and our first cat was a beautiful ginger cat whom we called Lion.
- Milo, a five-year-old ginger cat, was found in a garden close to his home on Hawthorne Street.
- Mother stopped and looked back at the ginger kitten.
- Tom is ginger and white in colour and quite large.
- Currently the Cat Adoption Centre has a ginger mother and four six week-old ginger kittens (two male and two female) ready for adoption.
- Christy is happily married to her husband Bill, and shares her home with two ornery dachshunds, Tasha and PJ, and a ginger tabby named Henry.
- 1.2derogatory, informal (of a person) having red or ginger hair.
(人或动物)有姜黄色毛发或毛皮的
verb ˈdʒɪndʒəˈdʒɪndʒər [with object]1usually as adjective gingeredFlavour with ginger. 用姜给…调味 Example sentencesExamples - Yet minced and sautéed and gingered, then rolled into flaky phyllo pastry with threadlike rice noodles, these variety meats make a surprisingly gentle and appealing appetizer called a Moroccan Delicacy Pie.
- Keep it in the fridge and use as necessary, finally ending up with the gingered sherry, which you can use in a trifle or stir-fry.
- For the main course we had grilled sirloin and gingered chickpea fries, washed down with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Sweet sticky rice topped with fresh mango and kiwi accompanied by gingered chocolate sauce is one of the many sweet sushi delights.
- For today's dinner I made my ‘signature’ pumpkin salad and gingered pork with cheese, an old childhood favorite of mine.
2ginger someone/something upMake someone or something more lively. she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up 她轻轻地拍拍他的手让他振作起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Future plans include moving the shop from its underground location to the street frontage to increase exhibition space and to ginger up revenues.
- It might ginger up some of the parties to make promises they can keep, and even get some of the ‘don't voters’ to mark their cards.
- Laughing, she adds, is much healthier than running: it gingers up the metabolism in the same way, but without the negative side effects.
- If I can get them gingered up a bit and inspire them to do something different, then I think I am doing my job.
- Specific targets for pupil achievement were part of the package, and in the early days maybe they did help focus schools' attention and ginger us all up a bit.
Synonyms encourage, act as a fillip to, act as a impetus to, act as a incentive to, act as a spur to, act as a stimulus to, prompt, prod, move, motivate, trigger, spark, spur on, galvanize, activate, kindle, fire, fire with enthusiasm, fuel, whet, nourish
Derivativesadjective ˈdʒɪndʒəri They tasted fairly good, but not as gingery as I had anticipated. Example sentencesExamples - Janet chuckled and tousled his unkempt gingery hair.
- It may be that he's even living rough somewhere, but in that case he would be quite distinctive, because he gets this bright gingery beard when he doesn't shave.
- He was stockily built, about 11 years old, wearing a distinctive bright red tracksuit-like garment and had unusually thick, bushy, fair to gingery hair.
- The list of sweets is equally sinful and simple, from peaches and cream pancakes to a gingery sticky toffee pudding.
OriginLate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin. The word ginger can be traced back to a word in Sanskrit (the ancient language of India), which became zingiberis in Greek and eventually made its way into English around ad 1000. There is no connection between this and the adverb gingerly (early 16th century). In early usage this was used to describe the way a person danced or walked, and meant ‘with small elegant steps’ or ‘daintily’. Later it developed a more negative meaning, ‘mincingly’. The modern meaning, ‘carefully or cautiously’, dates from the 17th century. Gingerly may come from Old French gensor ‘delicate’, and ultimately from Latin genitus ‘born’ or ‘well born’ (see gender). A ginger group, a group within a political party or movement that presses for stronger action on an issue, comes from an old practice by unscrupulous horse dealers of putting a piece of ginger up the bottom of a worn-out horse in order to make it seem more lively and frisky. This led to the metaphorical use of ginger up to mean ‘to make more lively’, and ginger group developed from this. In the past gingerbread was traditionally decorated with gold leaf. This is why take the gilt off the gingerbread means ‘to make something no longer appealing or to spoil the illusion’. Gilt (Middle English) is the old past participle of gild (from the same root as gold); these days we use gilded.
Rhymescringer, impinger, infringer, injure, ninja, whinger, winger Definition of ginger in US English: gingernounˈjinjərˈdʒɪndʒər 1A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, which may be chopped or powdered for cooking, preserved in syrup, or candied. 姜(指作为调味香料的姜,用姜属植物的根茎制成),生姜 Example sentencesExamples - Indian food is prepared with a variety of spices, including cumin, turmeric, chili powder, ginger, and garlic.
- Add the chopped garlic, ginger, chopped green chilli and lime leaves.
- Nutmeg, pepper, caraway seeds, ground ginger and the curry spices of cumin and coriander are also worth considering.
- I spice it up with ginger, garlic, chillies, lemon grass and lime juice, not forgetting fresh coriander leaves.
- In a food processor or blender, combine tomatoes, pepper, salt, coriander powder, ginger and jalapeno peppers.
2A Southeast Asian plant, which resembles bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken. 姜(产于东南亚,外表似竹) Zingiber officinale, family Zingiberaceae Example sentencesExamples - Both lemon grass and ginger can be grown in the edible garden, directly in the ground or in pots.
- The couple has since added bromeliads, gardenia, ginger, hibiscus, other tropical plants, and a fountain to the atrium.
- The remaining land is currently being tilled to sow more cereals, ginger, sugarcane or potatoes as soon as I get the right seeds.
- Now, in place of rice fields stood yellowing ginger ready to be harvested.
- We lived from subsistence farming, growing sweet potatoes, corn, some sugarcane, and ginger.
3A light reddish-yellow or orange-brown color. 姜黄色 Example sentencesExamples - Hair colour can range from fair strawberry blonde through strong ginger to a flaming rusty red.
- He hasn't aged that well, but that may be down to the fact that he dyes his hair ginger instead of black now.
- I wouldn't put it past him to dye his hair ginger.
- She kept her shoulder-length hair coloured its original shade of ginger - at her age, its natural shade would be thickly laced with white - and her figure was as slender as ever.
- 3.1British derogatory, informal A red-haired or ginger-haired person.
4Spirit; mettle. 精神;活力;内在气质 he had more ginger than her first husband
adjectiveˈjinjərˈdʒɪndʒər 1(chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow or orange-brown color. (主要指毛发或动物毛皮)姜黄色的 Example sentencesExamples - She let her thick, wavy, ginger hair down and it fell nicely on her shoulders.
- He chased his tail and ate May's ferns, and sharpened his tiny claws on the kitchen chair legs, and left a light layer of ginger fur everywhere he went.
- Lucas already has a number of initiatives to help raise money, including a sponsored change of hair colour for which he will dye his ginger hair blond for six weeks.
- He's described as 5'11 in height and of medium build with tightly cropped hair and a ginger moustache.
- She had long flowing ginger hair, and deep almond coloured eyes.
- But you can bet I'll still get teased for having ginger hair.
- He had a shaved head and a full ginger beard, with freckles on his face and forearms.
- She had a shock of bright ginger hair reaching well down her back and what looked like an old school satchel over her shoulder.
- He would be practically unrecognisable without his signature ginger hair.
- Back then, I had long hair and a ginger beard.
Synonyms reddish-brown, tawny, chestnut, russet, coppery, copper, auburn, titian, reddish, gingery, rusty, rufous - 1.1 (of a cat) having ginger fur.
Example sentencesExamples - Milo, a five-year-old ginger cat, was found in a garden close to his home on Hawthorne Street.
- This ginger kitten named Garfield seemed to believe it was invisible as it covered one eye with a paw and sat in a flower pot to hide from a large dog.
- Christy is happily married to her husband Bill, and shares her home with two ornery dachshunds, Tasha and PJ, and a ginger tabby named Henry.
- Mother stopped and looked back at the ginger kitten.
- Her ginger cat came sauntering into the room as if he owned it.
- Tim and I have been married for 43 years and our first cat was a beautiful ginger cat whom we called Lion.
- Two beautiful ginger tom cats came to live with me and my son John a year ago last September.
- She lives with a 13-year-old ginger tom called Archie.
- Tom is ginger and white in colour and quite large.
- Currently the Cat Adoption Centre has a ginger mother and four six week-old ginger kittens (two male and two female) ready for adoption.
- 1.2derogatory, informal (of a person) having red or ginger hair.
(人或动物)有姜黄色毛发或毛皮的
verbˈjinjərˈdʒɪndʒər [with object]1usually as adjective gingeredFlavor with ginger. 用姜给…调味 Example sentencesExamples - For today's dinner I made my ‘signature’ pumpkin salad and gingered pork with cheese, an old childhood favorite of mine.
- For the main course we had grilled sirloin and gingered chickpea fries, washed down with a bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon.
- Sweet sticky rice topped with fresh mango and kiwi accompanied by gingered chocolate sauce is one of the many sweet sushi delights.
- Keep it in the fridge and use as necessary, finally ending up with the gingered sherry, which you can use in a trifle or stir-fry.
- Yet minced and sautéed and gingered, then rolled into flaky phyllo pastry with threadlike rice noodles, these variety meats make a surprisingly gentle and appealing appetizer called a Moroccan Delicacy Pie.
2ginger someone/something upMake someone or something more lively. she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up 她轻轻地拍拍他的手让他振作起来。 Example sentencesExamples - Laughing, she adds, is much healthier than running: it gingers up the metabolism in the same way, but without the negative side effects.
- It might ginger up some of the parties to make promises they can keep, and even get some of the ‘don't voters’ to mark their cards.
- Specific targets for pupil achievement were part of the package, and in the early days maybe they did help focus schools' attention and ginger us all up a bit.
- If I can get them gingered up a bit and inspire them to do something different, then I think I am doing my job.
- Future plans include moving the shop from its underground location to the street frontage to increase exhibition space and to ginger up revenues.
Synonyms encourage, act as a fillip to, act as a impetus to, act as a incentive to, act as a spur to, act as a stimulus to, prompt, prod, move, motivate, trigger, spark, spur on, galvanize, activate, kindle, fire, fire with enthusiasm, fuel, whet, nourish
OriginLate Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin. |