gingerbread

FREQ #19794

n. 姜饼, 俗艳的装饰 a. 俗艳的, 华而不实的

发音

UK /ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/
US /ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/

词形变化

gingerbreads 复数 gingerbreads gingerbreaded gingerbreading gingerbreads 三单 gingerbreading 现在分词 gingerbreaded 过去式 gingerbreaded 过去分词

别名

gingebred

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.

    可数 不可数 烹饪
  2. 2.

    Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.

    可数 比喻 废旧 不可数
  3. 3.

    A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.

    可数 不可数 建筑
v.
  1. 1.

    To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.

    姜饼

    习语 及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cake

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), with the intrusive m added to gingiber, from Latin zingiber (“ginger”), of earlier Sanskrit origin, through Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis). The third syllable was earlier confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word: ginger + bread.

来源：wiktionary