cake made with treacle or syrup and flavoured with ginger
姜饼。
fancy decoration, especially on a building
(尤指建筑物上的)别致装饰
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[as modifier]
a high-gabled gingerbread house .一幢有高高的山墙、外部装饰过分雕琢的房屋。
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take the gilt off the gingerbread make something no longer attractive or desirable 使不再有吸引力(或值得想望)
"Middle English (originally denoting preserved ginger), from Old French