- in a careful or cautious manner小心地, 谨慎地：
Jackson sat down very gingerly.
杰克逊小心翼翼地坐下。
- showing great care or caution小心的, 谨慎的：
with strangers the preliminaries are taken at a gingerly pace.
有新来者在场, 所以开场的客套进行得小心而拘谨。
派生词
gingerliness
noun词源
early 16th cent. （in the sense 'daintily,mincingly'）： perhaps from Old French gensor 'delicate', comparative of gent 'graceful', from Latin genitus '（well-） born'.