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be made of gingerbread
【名词】gingerbread 指姜饼，作材料时可用 be made of gingerbread 表示“用姜饼制成”。
The witch's house was made of gingerbread.
女巫的房子是用姜饼做的。
姜饼
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
姜饼
a cake flavored with ginger
The witch's house was made of gingerbread.
女巫的房子是用姜饼做的。
一种以生姜为主要风味的蛋糕
A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
用姜调味的蛋糕
cake flavored with ginger
一种华丽的维多利亚时代建筑风格。
A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
My grandmother makes delicious gingerbread every winter.
我奶奶每年冬天都会做美味的姜饼。
We decorated the gingerbread with icing and small candies.
我们用糖霜和小糖果装饰姜饼。
Would you like a piece of gingerbread with your tea?
你想来一块姜饼配茶吗？
【名词】gingerbread 指姜饼，作材料时可用 be made of gingerbread 表示“用姜饼制成”。
The witch's house was made of gingerbread.
女巫的房子是用姜饼做的。
【形容词】gingerbread 意为“装饰花哨刺眼、显得俗气的”，常放在名词前作定语，如 gingerbread trim。
The house had gingerbread trim.
那栋房子有俗艳的装饰线条。
Not this
Gingerbread is made by ginger, flour, and honey.
Use this
Gingerbread is made with ginger, flour, and honey.
表示“用某种原料制作”时，被动语态后接材料应用介词 with（或 from），不能用 by；by 引出的是动作的执行者，如 made by my grandmother。这里 ginger 是配料而非施动者，所以要用 with。
Not this
This cake tastes gingerbread.
Use this
This cake tastes like gingerbread.
taste 作系动词表示“尝起来……”时，后接形容词或 like + 名词，不能直接接名词。gingerbread 是名词，因此需要加 like 来连接；直接说 tastes gingerbread 是把它误当形容词用了。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
姜饼屋
The children decorated a gingerbread house with candy.
孩子们用糖果装饰姜饼屋。
姜饼人
She baked a gingerbread man for her nephew.
她给侄子烤了一个姜饼人。
姜饼曲奇
These gingerbread cookies are soft and spicy.
这些姜饼曲奇又软又香辣。
烤姜饼
My grandmother likes to bake gingerbread in winter.
我奶奶喜欢在冬天烤姜饼。
姜饼拿铁
I ordered a gingerbread latte at the café.
我在咖啡馆点了一杯姜饼拿铁。
使某物失去吸引力；让人扫兴
Finding out how much it really cost took the gilt off the gingerbread.
得知真实费用后，这就不再那么吸引人了。
华而不实的点缀；锦上添花的额外好处
The promise of a free bonus was just the gilt on the gingerbread.
承诺免费赠送不过是一种华而不实的点缀。
跑，跑，能跑多快就跑多快！你抓不到我，我是姜饼人！
This chant is from the classic English fairy tale 'The Gingerbread Man,' in which a freshly baked gingerbread man comes to life and runs away, taunting his pursuers. It is a widely recognized cultural reference in English-speaking countries.
这句吆喝出自经典英语童话《姜饼人》：刚烤好的姜饼人活了过来，一边逃跑一边嘲弄追赶他的人。它在英语国家是广为人知的文化典故。
发短 /ɛ/ 音 (如 head, bread)
Use gingerbread naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象圣诞姜饼人：ginger是姜，bread是面包，姜+面包拼成gingerbread，记住这个节日点心。
语域：neutral 常见场景：食谱、烘焙、节日 姜饼作为食物名称时，通常用于日常对话、食谱和节日场合，比较中性；正式文体中也可见，但多指具体糕点。
这些词都押 /ɛd/ 韵：bread /brɛd/、red /rɛd/、thread /θrɛd/、head /hɛd/、said /sɛd/ 与 gingerbread 末尾的 /brɛd/ 重读元音和尾辅音相同。注意：bead /biːd/ 虽与 bread 拼写相似（都有 -ead），但元音不同，不押韵；同类的还有 read /riːd/（现在时），其过去式读 /rɛd/ 时才与 bread 押韵。'said' 中 ai 读 /ɛ/ 是不规则拼读。
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