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A sweet cake or firm flavored with ginger and often other like cinnamon, strongly linked to Christmas. Famous for 'gingerbread men' (cookies shaped like little people) and 'gingerbread houses' (small houses built from gingerbread and with and candy).
薑餅(聖誕節常見的甜點,如薑餅人、薑餅屋)
組成ginger (the spice) + bread — even though modern gingerbread is more like a cake or cookie than actual bread.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
gingerbreadnoun/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/
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cookingfoodlifestyleA type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
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obsoleteSomething ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.
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architectureA flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
- For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach to the design of houses, emphasizing clean, uncluttered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.
gingerbreadverb/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/
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To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。