gutter

英 ['ɡʌtə(r)] 美 ['ɡʌtər]

• n. 排水沟；槽；贫民区
• vi. 形成沟；淌蜡；(蜡烛)忽明忽暗
• vt. 开沟于

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C](路边)排水沟，阴沟

   (channel at the) side of a road,next to the kerb

2. [C](沿屋檐设的)天沟，檐槽

   long (usually semicircular) metal or plastic channel fixed under the edge of a roof to carry away rain-water

3. [S]贫贱的境地，贫民窟，贫穷地区

   poor or debased state of life

英英释义

Noun:

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money;

   "his career was in the gutter"
   "all that work went down the sewer"
   "pensions are in the toilet"
   

3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

4. a tool for gutting fish

Verb:

1. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker;

   "The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground"
   

2. flow in small streams;

   "Tears guttered down her face"
   

3. wear or cut gutters into;

   "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
   

4. provide with gutters;

   "gutter the buildings"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.
   阴沟里有个香烟盒。
2. The workers are dishing a gutter.
   工人们在挖沟。
3. The motorbike lay on its side in the gutter.
   那辆摩托车倒在沟中。
4. The heavy rain has filled up the gutter again.
   大雨又把水槽填满了。
5. The gutter has filled up with mud.
   沟槽里都是泥。
6. He took the child out of the gutter.
   他收养了这个穷苦孩子。
7. She rose from the gutter to become a great star.
   她是从贫民区成长起来的大明星。

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The candle was guttering in the candlestick.
   蜡烛在烛台上淌着蜡。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. All the water is finally channelled into the main gutter.
   所有的废水最后都被引到主排水沟中。
2. I took away the leaves in the gutters.
   我清除了檐槽中的树叶。
3. He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.
   他使她脱离贫苦生活，并成为贵妇。

经典引文

• Middle-class courtesans..were always the toast of society when lower-class street walkers were considered the gutter.

  出自：Times

• The porter halted on the stairs to settle his guttering candle.

  出自： Joyce

词汇搭配

• gutter press 黄色小报
• gutter ball 滚入球沟之球...
• distribution gutter 配水槽
• covered gutter 暗沟
• rain gutter 檐沟
• side gutter 边沟
• box gutter 槽形天沟,匣形水槽...
• vent gutter 通风道
• flash gutter 飞边沟
• gutter film 迎合低级趣味的电影,...
• gutter drainage 明沟排水
• gutter tile 凹形承溜瓦
• welding gutter 焊管拉模
• valley gutter 斜沟槽
• drain gutter 排水沟
• secret gutter 屋檐暗水槽,暗沟...
• eaves gutter 檐沟
• collecting gutter 集水沟
• overflow gutter [化] 溢流槽
• take a child out of the gutter 使孩子脱离贫困环境...

近反义词

【近义词】

• channel 频道
• trench 沟
• groove 槽
• ditch 沟渠
• sewer 下水道
• trough 水槽
• drain 排出
• flicker 闪烁
• sputter 喷溅
• waver 动摇
• drip 滴
• fade 逐渐消失
• fade out 淡出
• outlet 出路
• track 轨道
• toilet 厕所

派生词

n.(名词)

• guttery adj. 有沟〔檐〕的；泥泞的