gravy

英 ['ɡreɪvi] 美 ['ɡreɪvi]

• n. 肉汁；肉汤
• n. 外快

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]肉汁

   the juice which comes out of meat as it cooks

2. [U]肉卤

   the thickened liquid made from this (with flour,etc.,added) to serve with meat and vegetables

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 肉汁，肉卤，肉汤，调味汁
2. 外快
3. <俚>轻易得来的钱， 容易赚得的利润
4. 赏钱
5. 飞来福
6. 额外的收益，额外利润
7. 非法所得，意外之财，不义之财，不法利润

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats

2. the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats; often a little water is added

3. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Skim the fat off from the gravy.
   把肉汁表面的油脂撇去。
2. 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。
3. I made some gravy soup for my husband.
   我给我丈夫做了一些肉汤。
4. Scarlett sopped the wheat cake in the gravy and put it in her mouth.
   思嘉把烤饼放在肉汤里泡了泡，再拿起来吃。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. This gravy is too thin.
   肉汁太稀了。
2. The addition of flour will thicken gravy.
   加了面粉肉汁会变稠。
3. She flavoured the gravy with salt.
   她在肉卤里加盐调味。

词汇搭配

• gravy train 轻易发大财之工作...
• gravy boat 调味汁瓶, 酱油壶...
• fish gravy 鱼露
• gravy soup 肉汤,肉汁
• ride the gravy train 干不费力的活...
• get on the gravy train 干不费劲的差事...
• dip in the gravy 分肥(揩公家的油)...
• in the gravy 发横财的

近反义词

【近义词】

• velvet 天鹅绒
• plus 加
• sauce 酱汁
• bunce <英口>意外的收获，赚来...
• gold rush 淘金热
• windfall 风吹落的果实...
• godsend 天赐之物
• boom 繁荣
• bonanza 富矿带