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gutter

noun
/ˈɡʌtə(r)/
/ˈɡʌtər/
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  1. [countable] a long curved channel made of metal or plastic that is fixed under the edge of a roof to carry away the water when it rains檐沟;天沟
    • a blocked/leaking gutter堵塞了的/漏水的檐沟
    Topics Buildingsc2
  2. [countable] a channel at the edge of a road where water collects and is carried away to drains路旁排水沟;阴沟
    • I stepped off the pavement and walked in the gutter.我偏离了人行道,走在排水沟里。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
  3. the gutter
    [singular] the bad social conditions or low moral standards sometimes connected with the lowest level of society恶劣的社会环境;(社会最低阶层的)道德沦落
    • She rose from the gutter to become a great star.她从贫民区一跃而成为大明星。
    • the language of the gutter (= using swear words)粗鄙的语言
  4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gotiere, from Latin gutta ‘a drop’; the verb dates from late Middle English, originally meaning ‘cut grooves in’ and later (early 18th cent.) used of a candle which melts rapidly because it has become channelled on one side.

gutter

verb
/ˈɡʌtə(r)/
/ˈɡʌtər/
[intransitive] (literary)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they gutter
/ˈɡʌtə(r)/
/ˈɡʌtər/
he / she / it gutters
/ˈɡʌtəz/
/ˈɡʌtərz/
past simple guttered
/ˈɡʌtəd/
/ˈɡʌtərd/
past participle guttered
/ˈɡʌtəd/
/ˈɡʌtərd/
-ing form guttering
/ˈɡʌtərɪŋ/
/ˈɡʌtərɪŋ/
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  1. (of a flame or candle火焰或蜡烛) to burn in an unsteady way忽明忽暗;摇曳不定
    • The candle guttered in the wind.蜡烛在风中摇曳。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gotiere, from Latin gutta ‘a drop’; the verb dates from late Middle English, originally meaning ‘cut grooves in’ and later (early 18th cent.) used of a candle which melts rapidly because it has become channelled on one side.

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