gravy
英 [ˈɡreɪvi]
美 [ˈɡreɪvi]
n. (调味)肉汁; 意外之财; 飞来福
复数：gravies
Collins.1 / BNC.12580 / COCA.9062
牛津词典
noun
- （调味）肉汁
a brown sauce made by adding flour to the juices that come out of meat while it is cooking - 意外之财；飞来福
something, especially money, that is obtained when you do not expect it
柯林斯词典
- 肉汁；肉卤
Gravyis a sauce made from the juices that come from meat when it cooks.
英英释义
noun
- a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
- the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats
- a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats
双语例句
- We were disgusted when bosses awarded themselves a massive pay rise. How can they get on the gravy train, but ask us to take a wage freeze?
看到老板为自己大幅加薪，我们感到十分气愤。他们凭什么轻轻松松捞油水却要求我们不涨工资？ - My wife likes cream gravy, but I prefer pan gravy.
我妻子喜欢加了奶油的肉汗，而我喜欢纯肉汁。 - Residents of Mississippi favor pork barbecue, fried catfish, buttery biscuits and gravy and tamales.
密西西比居民最喜爱猪肉烧烤，炸鲶鱼，奶油饼干，肉汁和粉蒸肉。 - She made some gravy to pour over the roast beef.
她制备了一些肉汁浇在烤牛肉上。 - Spoon up all you can of the gravy.
用匙子尽可能把肉汁都舀起来。 - He sopped bread in gravy.
他浸面包于肉汁中。 - I tested the potatoes and stirred the gravy.
我查看了一下锅里煮着的土豆然后又搅拌了几下肉汁。 - Then I reached under my pillow and took out the gravy boat.
这当儿，我把手伸到枕头下面，拿出了那只船形肉卤盘。 - I always spatter my blouse with gravy when I eat
吃饭的时候，我总是把肉汁溅到衬衣上。 - She enriched the gravy with a little flour browned in butter.
她用一些在黄油中炒过的面粉给肉汁调味。