ginger
n[U]
1 (plant with a) hot-tasting spicy root used as a flavouring 姜
crystallized ginger 糖姜
ground, root, stem ginger 姜粉、 姜丝、 蜜饯姜.
2 liveliness; spirit; energy 活力; 精神; 精力
The football team needs a bit more ginger in it. 这支足球队需要些活力.
3 light reddish-yellow colour 姜黄色
His hair was a bright shade of ginger. 他的头发带一点姜黄色. ginger, adj
1 [attrib 作定语]
flavoured with ginger 姜味的: ginger cake 姜汁饼.
2 of the colour ginger 姜黄色的
ginger hair, whiskers, eyebrows, etc 姜黄色的头发、 络腮胡子、 眉毛等
a ginger cat 姜黄色的猫. ginger, v (phr v) ginger sb/sth up make sb/sth more vigorous or lively 使某人[某事物]有活力、 活跃或有生气
Some dancing would ginger up the party. 跳跳舞就可以使聚会活跃起来.
The Prime Minister appointed some new ministers to ginger up her administration. 首相任命一些新大臣以增强她现届政府的活力.
No problem. We can do some telephone interviews with our users.
没问题。我们可以用电话来采访我们的用户。
The main exports of the country are wool, lamb, beef, butter, forest products, fruit and vegetables.
这个国家的主要出口产品有羊毛、羔羊、牛肉、黄油、林木制品、水果与蔬菜。
Professor Karl von Frisch, an Austrian scientist, spent many years of his life researching the amazing ways honey bees communicate in their dark hives.