mass noun
1
- a hot fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant. It is 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。
1.1
- short for GINGER ALE.GINGER ALE的简称。
1.2
- spirit; mettle精神; 活力; 内在气质：
he puts some ginger in the poet.
他为这诗人注入了某种活力。
2
- a SE Asian plant, which resembles bamboo in appearance, from which this rhizome is taken姜（产于东南亚, 外表似竹）。
2.1
- Zingiber officinale, family Zingiberaceae.拉丁名Zingiber officinale, 姜科。
3
- a light reddish-yellow colour姜黄色。
1
- (chiefly of hair or fur) of a light reddish-yellow colour（主要指毛发或动物毛皮）姜黄色的。
1.1
- (of a person or animal) having ginger hair or fur（人或动物）有姜黄色毛发或毛皮的。
with obj.
1
- usu. as adj. gingered flavour with ginger用姜给…调味：
spring rolls on chinese leaf with gingered sauce.
加姜汁沙司白菜叶子底的春卷。
2
ginger someone/thing up
stimulate; enliven激励; 使有生气：she slapped his hand lightly to ginger him up.
她轻轻地拍拍他的手让他振作起来。
派生词
gingery
adjective词源
late Old English gingifer, conflated in Middle English with Old French gingimbre, from medieval Latin gingiber, from Greek zingiberis, from Pali siṅgivera, of Dravidian origin.