gravy

詳盡釋義

肉汁，肉鹵，肉湯，調味汁

外快

<俚>輕易得來的錢， 容易賺得的利潤

賞錢

飛來福

額外的收益，額外利潤

非法所得，意外之財，不義之財，不法利潤

中文詞源

gravy肉汁

來自古法語grane, 沙司，燉汁，來自grain, 顆粒。即肉汁，形成顆粒條紋的湯汁。俚語義，美差。字母u, n拼寫變化比較spouse, sponsor,同時在過去很長一段時間字母u,v拼寫沒有嚴格的區分。

詞組搭配

pork slices with gravy滑溜里脊

gravy soup肉湯

meat swimming in gravy浸在濃汁中的肉

gravy boat調味汁瓶；醬油壺

gravy beef澆鹵牛肉

gravy train發財工作

fish gravy魚露

thick gravy濃肉湯

gravy ladle肉汁勺

雙語例句

1. There was a smear of gravy on his chin.

漢他的下巴上粘著肉汁。

來自柯林斯例句

2. I always spatter my blouse with gravy when I eat.

漢吃飯的時候，我總是把肉汁濺到襯衣上。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Prepare the gravy mixture.

漢將肉汁混合料調好。

來自柯林斯例句

4. You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.

漢你把肉汁潑到臺布上了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. 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?

漢看到老板為自己大幅加薪，我們感到十分氣憤。他們憑什么輕輕松松撈油水卻要求我們不漲工資？

來自柯林斯例句

英英釋義

1. basically the juices that drip from cooking meats

2. 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 lik an assembly line"