gutter

noun

1. 檐沟；天沟
   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
   1. a blocked/leaking gutter
      堵塞了的 / 漏水的檐沟
2. 路旁排水沟；阴沟
   a channel at the edge of a road where water collects and is carried away to drains
3. 恶劣的社会环境；道德沦落的社会最低阶层
   the bad social conditions or low moral standards sometimes connected with the lowest level of society
   1. She rose from the gutter to become a great star.
      她是从贫民区成长起来的大明星。
   2. the language of the gutter (= used when swearing)
      粗鄙的语言（诅咒时用）

verb

1. 忽明忽暗；摇曳不定
   to burn in an unsteady way

1. N-COUNT （人行道旁的）排水沟，阴沟
   The gutter is the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rain water collects and flows away.
   1. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
      它应该是被沿排水沟冲入城市庞大的排水系统。
2. N-COUNT （屋檐的）雨水槽；檐沟
   A gutter is a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into.
   1. Did you fix the gutter?
      你修过排水槽了吗？
3. N-SING 一文不名；穷困潦倒
   If someone is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way.
   1. Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
      结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。
4. VERB （火焰）忽明忽暗，摇曳不定
   If a flame gutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily.
   1. The flames guttered.
      火苗摇曳不定。
   2. ...a guttering candle.
      火光摇曳的蜡烛
5. See also: gutter press

1. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
   它应该是被沿排水沟冲入城市庞大的排水系统。
2. Did you fix the gutter?
   你修过排水槽了吗？
3. Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
   结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒，反而功成名就。
4. The flames guttered.
   火苗摇曳不定。
5. The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
   黄色报刊公然奚落皇室成员。
6. 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。
7. Just over the window there was a defective gutter which emptied itself like a TAP.
   窗户上面，有一段檐沟出了毛病，雨水像打开的水龙头一样地哗哗地往下流。
8. So far, nearly 700 tons of gutter oil has been seized and 9 people arrested.
   为止，警方缴获了近700吨地沟油，拘捕了9人。
9. Overnight, snow had nudged its way into every crack and gutter.
   一夜之间，雪花塞满了所有的裂缝和水沟。
10. Electrician: if you ever find me face down in the gutter, turn me around to my back.
    电工：如果你要是看见我倒在排水沟下面了，就把我的背翻过来。
11. This small gutter was in front of our parking place, looked so cute.
    我们停车场所前的一个小水槽，看上去蛮可爱的。
12. I rolled a gutter ball.
    我打出了一个洗沟球。
13. We dragged English guitar music out of the gutter.
    我们把英国吉他音乐从泥潭中拖了出来。
14. People have taken photos documenting both the collection and processing of gutter oil.
    人们已经拍照记录下地沟油收集和加工的过程。
15. All it takes is a roof, a gutter and a tank to lift the poor out of drudgery.
    让穷人摆脱苦工只需要一个屋顶、一个檐槽和一个水箱。
16. He dropped his keys in the gutter.
    他把他的钥匙掉到阴沟里去了。
17. Leonard threw our candy down the gutter.
    莱昂那德把我们的糖扔到水沟里了。
18. "Because I have seen enough of this gutter called life." I shouted and got more agitated.
    “因为这种叫做生活的东西我看够了。”我嚷道，而且愈发生气了。
19. He can lie in the gutter for all I care! I'm not a policeman.
    如果他躺在水沟里就与我无关，我就不会以警察来管他。
20. A duck will not always dabble in the same gutter.
    一只鸭子不会常在同一条沟中玩水。
21. Throughout two, long, shameful games my ball went into the gutter time after time.
    在两局漫长又丢人的游戏中，我的球一次又一次地滚进了槽里。
22. The gutter was stopped up with mud and the rain water could not flow away.
    水沟被泥堵住了，雨水排不出去。
23. A gutter under the eaves of a roof. His eyes [ cheeks] have sunk in.
    水槽屋檐下的凹槽：他的眼睛[面颊]凹下去了。
24. Van Gogh picked some up from the gutter, and began to paint his first four Sunflower studies.
    梵高采了些向日葵回家，画了最早的四幅向日葵习作。
25. The paper introduces sorts and causes of torrent gutter disease, and brings forward some preventive measures.
    介绍了急流槽病害的分类和成因，提出了急流槽病害的预防措施。
26. The gutter took away the rain-water from the roof.
    檐沟把从屋顶流下的雨水带走。
27. He bowled a gutter ball and ended the game with the score of37.
    奥巴马打了个落沟球，以37分的总分结束了比赛。
28. I rolled a gutter ball. The washing machine's on the blink again.
    我打出了一个洗沟球。洗衣机又出毛病了。
29. Your date can throw gutter ball after gutter ball and it is cute.
    你可以扔日期后排水沟排水沟球和球是可爱。
30. When dogs pissed at the door the dark lines ran diagonally to the gutter.
    当狗在门口撒完尿，黑暗中的光线折射到了水槽。

noun

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof

   Synonym:    trough

2. a tool for gutting fish

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

4. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   1. his career was in the gutter
   2. all that work went down the sewer
   3. pensions are in the toilet

   Synonym:    sewertoilet

verb

1. provide with gutters
   1. gutter the buildings

2. wear or cut gutters into
   1. The heavy rain guttered the soil

3. flow in small streams
   1. Tears guttered down her face

4. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low
   1. The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground