| 释义 |
ginseng|ˈdʒɪnsɛŋ|
Forms: (7 genseg, ginsem), 8–9 ginsing, jin(g)sing, (8 gengzeng, ghinschenn), 7– ginseng.
[a. Chinese jên shên; the first word means ‘man’, the second is of obscure meaning; Giles suggests that the compound means ‘image of man’, and alludes to the forked shape of the root.]
1. A plant of either of two species of the genus Aralia or Panax, found in Northern China and Nepaul, also in Canada and the eastern United States.
1691Ray Creation i. (1692) 195 The Cotton Trees..the Nisi, or Genseg; the Numerose Balsam, and Gum-trees. 1713Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 239 The Tartars often bring us the Leaves of Gin-seng instead of Tea. 1765J. Brown Chr. Jrnl. 155 In Tartary's barren soil, grow the medicinal jingseng and the vegetable lamb. 1812J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1821) 94 Ginseng, the dried roots of this plant, as commonly imported, are about the thickness of the little finger. 1836J. F. Davis Chinese I. iv. 131 The wild plant ginseng, long a monopoly of the Emperor in the Manchow country, has been imported in large quantities by the American ships to Canton. 1883Q. Rev. Jan. 176 In the north the famous ‘jinseng’ (Panax quinquefolium) is found both wild and cultivated.
2. The root of the plant; a preparation of this used as a medicine.
1654tr. Martini's Conq. China 9 The root cal'd Gimsem, so much esteemed amongst the Chineses. 1771Smollett Humph. Cl. 14 June, I took some of the tincture of ginseng. 1788M. Cutler in Life, etc. (1888) I. 402 Here we met a Packer with ten pack-horses, loaded principally with ginseng in barrels. 1819J. Wilson Dict. Astrol. 268 Three or four cups of Ginseng taken every day, for a week, would soon remove most of her complaints. 1861C. P. Hodgson Resid. Japan 32 Mushrooms, ginseng, gall-nuts and vermicelli are some of the articles which go to China. 1897Willis Flower. Pl. II. 28 The root of the Aralia Ginseng..is the source of the famous Chinese medicine Ginseng.
3. attrib. and Comb., as ginseng-digger, ginseng-farm, ginseng-gatherer, ginseng-root, ginseng-tree.
1758Michmakis & Maricheets 77, I could never find any ginseng-root. 1791D'Israeli Cur. Lit. (1834) I. 363 The ginseng tree is noticed for the same appearance. 1888Times (weekly ed.) 6 Apr. 3/2 Ginseng gatherers who dwell..in this..land. 1891Pall Mall G. 8 Sept. 3/3 A ginseng farm is a peculiar-looking affair. 1894Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 2/1 Amélie Rives is introducing Virginian ginseng-diggers to politely-scandalised New York society. |