gravy

noun
🔊/ˈɡreɪvi/
🔊/ˈɡreɪvi/
(plural gravies)
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  1. [uncountable, countable] a brown sauce made by adding flour to the juices that come out of meat while it is cooking(调味)肉汁Topics Foodc1
  2. [uncountable] (North American English, informal) something, especially money, that is obtained when you do not expect it意外之财;飞来福
    • Anything on top of eight percent profit is just gravy for the industry.8%的利润之外的任何东西对行业来说都是诱人的。
  3. Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a spicy sauce): perhaps from a misreading (as gravé) of Old French grané, probably from grain ‘spice’, from Latin granum ‘grain’.