gravy

/ˈɡreɪvi/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈɡreɪvi/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgrā-vē/ (ame, mw)

gravy — 名詞

1. a thick brown liquid you pour over roast meat and potatoes, made by mixing flour

1.名詞B1
釋義

肉汁醬

用煎肉湯汁加麵粉做成的濃稠醬汁

a thick brown liquid you pour over roast meat and potatoes, made by mixing flour with the fat and juices left in the pan after cooking the meat.

例句

Caleb poured hot gravy over his Sunday roast and mashed potatoes.

Caleb 把熱肉汁醬淋在他的週日烤肉和馬鈴薯泥上。

collocation: pour gravy over [food]

Grandma stirred the gravy slowly so it would not turn lumpy.

奶奶慢慢攪拌肉汁醬，才不會結塊。

collocation: stir / thicken the gravy

同義詞
  • sauce

    broader term; gravy is the specific meat-juice sauce

  • jus

    thinner, unthickened version popular in French-style cooking

文法句型

uncountable noun, often with 'pour over' / 'serve with'

用法筆記

Uncountable in standard use; you say 'some gravy' or 'a spoonful of gravy', not 'a gravy'. Typical verbs: pour, ladle, stir, thicken, serve with.

常見錯誤

❌I'd like a gravy on my potatoes.
✅I'd like some gravy on my potatoes.
💡gravy is uncountable; use 'some' or 'a bit of', not 'a'.
❌gravy soup
✅meat sauce' or 'broth
💡gravy is poured over food, not eaten as a soup.

2. extra money, profit, or rewards that come to you without much effort, on top of

2.名詞C1
釋義

意外之財

原本沒預期、輕鬆得到的額外收入或好處

extra money, profit, or rewards that come to you without much effort, on top of what you were already expecting to earn or receive.

例句

Once Niran had paid off his car, every extra shift at the cafe was pure gravy.

Niran 還完車貸後，咖啡店每多排一個班都是純粹的意外之財。

collocation: pure gravy = entirely extra reward

The team only needed two more wins to qualify, so the playoff bonus was all gravy.

球隊只需要再贏兩場就能晉級，所以季後賽獎金完全是意外之財。

collocation: all gravy

同義詞
  • bonus

    neutral register; gravy is more informal and emphasises the effortless nature

  • windfall

    a one-off lucky payment; gravy can be ongoing extra income

  • perk

    regular benefit attached to a job; gravy is extra on top of expected pay

文法句型

often after 'all', 'pure', 'the rest is'

用法筆記

Informal, mainly AmE. Used as a mass noun in fixed phrases like 'pure gravy', 'all gravy', 'the rest is gravy'. Distinguish from sense 1 by context — sense 2 never refers to actual food.

常見錯誤

❌I earned a gravy from the bonus.
✅The bonus was pure gravy.
💡gravy in this sense is uncountable and usually appears as a predicate after 'be'.