gingerly

🇬🇧/ˈdʒɪndʒəli/ 🇺🇸/ˈdʒɪndʒərli/📚 12114 1GRE

If you do something gingerly, you do it in a careful manner, usually because you expect it to be dangerous, unpleasant, or painful. ^{小心谨慎地}

She was touching the dressing gingerly with both hands.
她用双手小心翼翼地触摸着敷药。

He held up his forepaw as the Mole stepped gingerly down.
鼹鼠小心翼翼地走下来的时候，他举起了前爪。

单词造句:

近义词carefully/ˈkeəfəli/adv. 小心地

源自ginger/ˈdʒɪndʒə(r)/n. 姜；姜黄色；精力；有姜味