Ginger

(noun.) pungent rhizome of the common ginger plant; used fresh as a seasoning especially in Asian cookery.

(noun.) dried ground gingerroot.

(noun.) perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems.

(verb.) add ginger to in order to add flavor; 'ginger the soup'.

(adj.) (used especially of hair or fur) having a bright orange-brown color; 'a man with gingery hair and bright blue eyes'; 'a ginger kitten' .

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• There are also from Jamaica a green lime, some fresh tamarinds, and some pieces of fresh ginger. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• He had a shilling in his pocket; and he dined sumptuously, he tells me, on a black-pudding, an eel-pie, and a bottle of ginger-beer. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He'll be after the men's cans in the hay-field, and peeping in; and then there'll be an ado because it's not ginger beer, but I can't help it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• They were all people in humble circumstances, and the melancholy boy's mother kept a ginger-beer shop. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Soda water, whiskey, beer, ginger ale, tea, coffee, and chocolate represent enormous industries, and probably all do more harm than they do good. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I shouldn't wonder if we found a ginger-bread soldier downstairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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