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单词 gingerly
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gingerly

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgingerlygin‧ger‧ly /ˈdʒɪndʒəli $ -ər-/ adverb, adjective  CAREFULif 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.Examples from the CorpusgingerlyThey gingerly loaded the patient into the ambulance.Origin gingerly (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French gensor more small and graceful, from gent born into high rank, small and graceful
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