ginger

Describes a person with red or reddish-brown hair, or something flavored with or resembling ginger.

• 🇨🇳形容人有红橙色或红棕色头发；也可指姜的味道或与姜有关的事物。

1. Hair color A2 informal

   Having reddish-brown or orange-brown hair, often associated with fair skin.

   • She has beautiful ginger hair.
   • He is a ginger boy with freckles.
   • The ginger cat sat on the windowsill.

   🇨🇳姜黄色头发

   同义词: auburncarrotycopperyredredheadedrustytitian

2. Flavor or color B1 formal

   Relating to the taste, smell, or color of the ginger root.

   • The ginger tea had a warm, spicy flavor.
   • She added a ginger tint to the sauce.
   • The cake had a subtle ginger aroma.

   🇨🇳姜味的

   同义词: gingery

• gingerer comparative form
• gingerest superlative form

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A noun referring to a pungent, aromatic spice derived from the root of a tropical plant, used in cooking and for medicinal purposes.

• 🇨🇳指一种从热带植物根部获得的辛辣芳香的香料，常用于烹饪和药用。也可指这种植物的根茎或姜科植物本身。

1. Spice A2 formal culinary

   A hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant, used in cooking and baking.

   • She added fresh ginger to the stir-fry for extra flavor.
   • Ginger is a key ingredient in many Asian dishes.
   • I love the taste of ginger in my tea.

   🇨🇳姜

   同义词: gingerroot

2. Plant B1 formal culinary

   The plant itself, Zingiber officinale, whose rhizome is used as a spice.

   • The ginger plant grows well in tropical climates.
   • Farmers harvest ginger by digging up the rhizomes.
   • Ginger plants have beautiful green leaves.

   🇨🇳姜

3. Hair color A2 informal

   A reddish-brown or orange-brown color, typically used to describe hair.

   • She has beautiful ginger hair.
   • He is a ginger with freckles.
   • The baby was born with a full head of ginger hair.

   🇨🇳红棕色头发

   同义词: auburncopperredtitian

• gingers plural form
• gingers' possessive plural form
• ginger's possessive singular form

A verb meaning to add ginger to something, or to make something more lively, sharp, or exciting (often used in the phrase 'ginger up').

• 🇨🇳指给某物加姜或姜味；也指使某事变得更有活力、更刺激或更令人兴奋（常用于短语“ginger up”中）。

1. Add ginger to B2 formal

   To flavor or season something with ginger.

   • She gingered the tea with fresh root.
   • The chef gingered the sauce to give it a spicy kick.
   • He gingered the stir-fry generously.

   🇨🇳加姜

2. Energize or invigorate C1 informal british

   To make something more lively, exciting, or energetic.

   • The new manager gingered up the team with fresh ideas.
   • They gingered the party with some upbeat music.
   • A bit of competition can ginger up the whole process.

   🇨🇳使活跃

   同义词: animateenergizeenliveninvigoratepep upspice upstimulate

   反义词: calmdeadendullpacifyquietensedatesoothesubduetame

• gingered past participle
• gingered past simple
• gingering present participle
• gingers third person singular

短语动词变体: ginger up