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
- There was a smear of gravy on his chin.
他下巴上沾了些肉汁。 - What to make the gravy with?
拿什么打卤? - 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。 - 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。 - The gravy is too greasy; skim off some of the fat before you serve it.
肉汁太油腻了;端上去以前先要把油脂撇去一些。 - I had found the gravy boat from my mother's china service.
我竟然找到了妈妈那套瓷器中的这只船形肉卤盘。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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? - I guess I'll have a hot beef sandwich with plenty of gravy.
我想我还是要一个热的牛肉三明治加上大量肉汁吧。