gingerbread

单词音标

gingerbread音标[\'dʒindʒәbred]

汉语翻译

n. 姜饼, 俗艳的装饰

a. 俗艳的, 华而不实的

词型变化

形容词:gingerbready

英语解释

名词 gingerbread:

cake flavored with ginger

例句

One of my colleagues likes to eat gingerbread nut.

我的一个同事喜欢吃姜汁饼干。

He bought us some gingerbread works as present when he returned from the beach.

他从海滨回来的时候给我们买了一些华而不实的工艺品做礼物。

详细解释

gin.ger.bread

n.（名词）

A dark molasses cake flavored with ginger.

姜味糕点，蛋糕：一种有生姜味的黑糖蜜糕点

A soft molasses and ginger cookie cut in various shapes, sometimes elaborately decorated.

姜饼：一种软的糖蜜生姜饼干，切成各种形状，有时加以精致的修饰

Elaborate ornamentation.

精致装饰品

Superfluous or tasteless embellishment, especially in architecture.

华而不实的装饰：不切实际的或没品味的装饰，尤指建筑物

来源：

Middle English gingebred [a stiff pudding, preserved ginger]

中古英语 gingebred [一种硬布丁，腌制的生姜]

alteration influenced by bred, bread [bread] * see bread

受 bred的影响, bread [面包] *参见 bread

of Old French gingembrat

古法语 gingembrat的变化

from Medieval Latin *gingibr3tum

源自 中世纪拉丁语 *gingibr3tum

from gingiber [ginger] * see ginger

源自 gingiber [生姜] *参见 ginger

【引伸】

gin.gerbread.

adj.（形容词）

gin.gerbread.y

adj.（形容词）