gutter

复数：gutters过去式：guttered过去分词：guttered现在分词：guttering第三人称单数：gutters

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

in the gutter [美国俚语] , ◎醉倒在水沟里 , ◎沉溺于淫秽生活中 , ◎名誉扫地；绝望

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。

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