| 单词 | gravy |
| 释义 | gravy noun[U] uk/ˈɡreɪ.vi/us/ˈɡreɪ.vi/asaucemade withmeatjuicesandflour,servedwithmeatandvegetables 肉汁Sauces, dressings, dips & pickles
gravy| American Dictionarygravy noun[U] us/ˈɡreɪ·vi/gravynoun[U](FOOD)asaucemade frommeatjuices, oftenmixedwithflour gravynoun[U](EXTRA)infml somethingextrathat youwelcomehaving and often did notexpectto get: Thisbusinesstookcareof allourexpenses, and therevenuefrom otheradsandsubscriptionswas gravy. gravy| Business Englishgravy noun[U] informaluk/ˈɡreɪvi/usmoneythat youreceivewithout mucheffort: Thecompanydirectorswillmopup most of the gravy. asituationin which it iseasyto makemoneyor toenjoyacomfortablelifewithout mucheffort: I canforgetabout the hardtimesbecause it's all been gravy for threeyearsnow. Examplesofgravygravy The 'fiscal' dividend alone would justify the policy of environmental taxation and the environmental benefits, whatever their magnitude, would be 'gravy'. From theCambridge English Corpus These rolls were perhaps used as a supplementary spoon to sop up sauces and gravies. From theCambridge English Corpus Arrange them on a dish, and pour round them either a goodgravyor hot tomato sauce. From theCambridge English Corpus People who say that this institution is just a 'gravytrain' are wrong. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It must not be allowed to become agravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Only yesterday, we heard that there have been about £3 billion-worth of inefficiencies/fraud and that thegravytrain is speeding out of control. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On top of that there is fraud—about £7 billion of it—or what is known as the "gravytrain". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is an obscenity and an example of the way in which thegravy-train atmosphere has permeated the electricity and gas industries since privatisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For many, that sustains agravytrain that they have been riding all their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are reassuring people that it will not be a politicalgravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those least able to pay are to be clobbered to benefit those who are already on thegravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those involved in the redundancy in the metropolitan counties are not on agravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those around him also are on thegravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They did just that, and told him that he was to join the frozen foodgravytrain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is something in what those who refer to "agravytrain" say. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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