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)
  1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
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• the seasoned but not thickened juices that drip from cooking meats
  Synonym:pan gravy
• a sauce made by adding stock, flour, or other ingredients to the juice and fat that drips from cooking meats

双语例句

• May I have some gravy on my potato?
  土豆上给我浇点肉汁好吗？
• Spoon up all you can of the gravy.
  用匙子尽可能把肉汁都舀起来。
• It is used as a thickener for gravy, other sauces, soups and stews.
  它用来稠化卤汁、其它酱汁（料）、羹汤和炖菜。
• He sopped bread in gravy.
  他浸面包于肉汁中。
• What to make the gravy with?
  拿什么打卤？
• 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。
• Chicken fried than oven-baked and served with milk gravy.
  油炸的鸡肉，在烤箱里烘焙后，和牛奶肉汁一起食用。
• Her gravy had the consistency of glue.
  她做的肉汁和胶水一样稠。
• 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。
• I think the gravy needs thinning a bit.
  我想肉卤需要稍微稀释一下。