n.[U]

1. 生姜，姜
2. 姜制调味品
3. 【口】精力，活力；刺激
   There is no ginger in the young man.

   这个年轻人没有精神。

4. 姜黄色

vt.

1. 用姜给……调味
2. 【口】使有活力；使兴奋[（+up）]
   His humorous toast gingered up the party.

   他幽默的祝酒辞使宴会的气氛活跃起来了。

n.

1. a hot, fragrant spice made from the rhizome of a plant.
2. a SE Asian plant, resembling bamboo in appearance, from which ginger is taken. [Zingiber officinale.]
3. a light reddish-yellow colour.
4. spirit; mettle.

v.

1. [usu. as adj. gingered] flavour with ginger.
2. (ginger someone/thing up) make someone or something more lively.