gingerbread
/ˈdʒɪndʒəbred/noun
mass noun
1- cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger姜饼。
1.1
- fancy decoration, especially on a building(尤指建筑物上的)别致装饰:
as modifier a high-gabled gingerbread house.一幢有高高的山墙、外部装饰过分雕琢的房屋。
短语
take the gilt off the gingerbread
- make something no longer attractive or desirable使不再有吸引力(或值得想望)。
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