单词	gingerly
释义	gingerlygin‧ger‧ly /ˈdʒɪndʒəli $ -ər-/ adverb, adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINgingerly Origin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French gensor ‘more small and graceful’, from gent ‘born into high rank, small and graceful’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES They gingerly loaded the patient into the ambulance. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► step · He stepped gingerly into the Five Lions River, knelt down, and splashed icy water all over himself.· Twoflower stepped gingerly over the cooling door and looked up and down the corridor.· I opened the door for Patterson and then locked the cab up after he'd stepped gingerly on to the pavement. if you move gingerly, or touch something gingerly, you do it in a slow careful way, because you are afraid it will be dangerous or painful SYN  carefully:  He gingerly felt his way along the dark tunnel.
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