gravy

gravy

英 ['greɪvɪ]
　　美 ['ɡrevi]

n. 肉汁；不法利潤；輕易得來的錢

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。

例句：

1. There was a smear of gravy on his chin.
他的下巴上粘著肉汁。

2. I always spatter my blouse with gravy when I eat.
吃飯的時候，我總是把肉汁濺到襯衣上。

3. Prepare the gravy mixture.
將肉汁混合料調好。

4. You have spilled gravy on the tablecloth.
你把肉汁潑到臺佈上瞭.

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