When meat is gristly, it has those tough, rubbery bits that your teeth cannot finish. Families call the bits gristle.

When meat is gristly當肉是 gristly 的，it has those tough, rubbery bits它有那種又韌又有彈性的小塊 that your teeth cannot finish是牙齒咬不爛的。Families call the bits gristle家裡的人把那些小塊叫做 gristle。

A doctor would say the same stuff is the white padding in a joint, but at the table nobody says that. You bite, and it does not go soft. It can even squeak a little.

A doctor would say醫生會說 the same stuff is the white padding in a joint同樣的東西是關節裡的白色軟墊，but at the table nobody says that不過在餐桌上沒人這樣講。You bite你一咬下去，and it does not go soft它還是不會變軟。It can even squeak a little它甚至還會有點吱吱叫。

Cheap sausages, chicken near the bone, and some slow-cooked cuts are often gristly. People use the word as a complaint about dinner, not as a science word.

Cheap sausages便宜的香腸、chicken near the bone靠近骨頭的雞肉, and some slow-cooked cuts還有一些燉煮的肉塊 are often gristly常常是 gristly 的。People use the word as a complaint about dinner人們用這個字來抱怨晚餐，not as a science word不是拿來當科學用語。

It is not the same as fatty — that is fat, which at least melts in the mouth — and it is not only “tough.” Meat can be tough from being cooked too long without any of those rubbery bits at all. Gristly points at the bits you pick out and leave on the side of the plate.

It is not the same as fatty它跟 fatty 不一樣——that is fat那是脂肪, which at least melts in the mouth至少在嘴裡會化開——and it is not only “tough.”而且它也不只是「韌」而已。Meat can be tough肉可能會韌 from being cooked too long是因為煮太久了，without any of those rubbery bits at all卻完全沒有那種有彈性的小塊。Gristly points at the bits you pick out and leave on the side of the plate gristly 指的是那些你挑出來、留在盤子邊的小塊。

Informal, a little disgusted, and completely ordinary at home.

Informal非正式，a little disgusted帶點嫌惡感，and completely ordinary at home在家裡講起來完全稀鬆平常。