gingerbread英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger. countable,uncountable
Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial. countable,figuratively,obsolete,uncountable
A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style. countable,uncountable

— 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.

动词 v.

To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way. idiomatic,transitive,uncommon

词形变化

gingerbreads plural gingebred alternative,Scotland gingerbreads present,singular,third-person gingerbreading participle,present gingerbreaded participle,past gingerbreaded past gingebred alternative,Scotland

词源

词源 1

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.

词源 2

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.