gravy
意味
- グレービー(肉を焼くときに出る肉汁,またそれをもとにして作った肉汁ソース)
- 《俗》楽に手に入った金,あぶく銭
例文
Would you like some more gravy?
グレイビーをもう少しいかがですか。
語源
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English gravey, greavie, gravy; probably from greaves, graves (“the sediment of melted tallow”), or from Old French grave, a claimed misspelling of grané (“stew, spice”), from grain (“spice”). Sense of "pasta sauce" apparently seems to be from Italian dialect, especially Calabrian, differentiating tomato puree (salsa (“sauce”)) from cooked tomato sauce (sugo).