early 16th cent. (in the sense daintily, mincingly): perhaps from Old French gensordelicate, comparative of gentgraceful, from Latin genitus(well-) born
英英釋義網絡釋義
noun
1.with extreme care or delicacy;
they proceeded with gingerly footwork over the jagged stones
I took the box and gingerlyopened it ., 我接過盒子 , 非常小心地打開它.
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+Andy gingerly
1 . 安迪小心
red steps in with an armload of files . Andy gingerly reaches in , grabs a black feathered wing , and pulls out a dead crow .瑞德胳膊夾著文件走了進來,安迪小心的走近,抓著一只黑色的羽翅,他拖出一只死烏鴉。
+gingerly carried
1 . 小心翼翼地把
Four men gingerly carried the crate from the wagon into a small , high - walled back yard ., 四個男人小心翼翼地把籠子抬到一個高墻圍成的小后院里.
+very gingerly
1 . 非常謹慎地
he started with the sky and later described how very gingerly I mixed a little blue paint on the palette , and then with infinite precaution made a mark about as big as a bean upon the affronted snow-white shield .他先從天空畫起,后來他描述如何“非常謹慎地在調色板上加入一點兒藍色調,然后以萬分的
+gingerly took
1 . 小心謹慎
a good guest he braced himself and gingerly took a small nibble ., 出于禮貌赫魯曉夫硬著頭皮小心謹慎的咬了一小口.