English Dictionary

gingerbread

/ˈd͡ʒɪn(d͡)ʒəbɹɛd/

noun

(food) A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger. / (figuratively, obsolete) Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial. / (architecture) A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.

I love to eat gingerbread cookies during the holiday season.

意味（1）

(food) A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.

意味（2）

(figuratively, obsolete) Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.

意味（3）

(architecture) A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.

For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach to the design of houses, emphasizing clean, uncluettered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.