- [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 - [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. 任何超过8%利润的东西对这个行业来说都是小菜一碟。
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’.