gingerly

搭配Collocations

move gingerly

小心翼翼地移动

She moved gingerly over the icy path.她在结冰的小路上小心翼翼地移动。

handle gingerly

小心翼翼地拿；谨慎处理

He handled the fragile glassware gingerly.他小心翼翼地拿那套易碎的玻璃器皿。

pick up gingerly

小心翼翼地拿起

She picked up the ancient manuscript gingerly.她小心翼翼地拿起那份古代手稿。

touch gingerly

轻轻地触摸；小心翼翼地碰

He touched the orchid gingerly.他小心翼翼地触摸那朵兰花。

tread gingerly

小心翼翼地行走；谨慎行事

记忆技巧Memory Tip

把 gingerly 拆成 ginger（姜）+ ly：像捏一小撮姜末那样小心翼翼、轻手轻脚。

语境与语域Context & Register

语域：neutral 常见场景：书面叙事、日常对话 gingerly 通常作副词，表示动作非常小心、轻柔，多用于描述为避免疼痛或损坏而试探着触摸、移动、走路等场合；作形容词较少见，意为‘慎重的、谨慎的’。整体语域中性，口语和书面语中都自然，与 carefully 相比更强调小心得带点迟疑或紧张。

发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling

Gingerly ends in unstressed /əli/. Family (/ˈfæməli/), elderly (/ˈeldəli/), and eagerly (/ˈiːɡəli/) share this /əli/ ending, but because their stressed vowels differ from gingerly's /ɪ/, they are not true rhymes. Generally (/ˈdʒenərəli/) also has a similar /ərəli/ tail. Be careful with the -erly spelling: in British English the r is silent in elderly and eagerly, but in American English it is pronounced (elderly /ˈeldərli/, eagerly /ˈiːɡərli/). Ginger (/ˈdʒɪndʒə/) shares the initial spelling but changes the ending, and dangerously (/ˈdeɪndʒərəsli/) adds unrelated syllables.

用法优先级Usage priority

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。