gutter

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gut·ter1 /ˈɡʌtə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun  1  [countable]TTR the low part at the edge of a road where water collects and flows away 〔路边的〕排水沟 The gutters were blocked and overflowing. 排水沟堵住了，水都溢出来了。2. [countable]DHTBB an open pipe fixed to the edge of a roof to collect and carry away rainwater 檐沟，雨水槽 →4  See picture of 见图 ROOF →5 see picture at 见图 roof13  the gutter POORthe bad social conditions of the lowest and poorest level of society 社会最底层的恶劣环境 Men like him usually ended up in jail – or the gutter. 像他这样的男人，下场通常是坐牢——要不就是穷困潦倒。4. the gutter press British EnglishTCN the newspapers that print shocking stories about people’s personal lives – used to show disapproval 〔刊登耸人听闻的个人私生活新闻的〕低级趣味的报纸〔含贬义〕 → tabloid

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gutter• Scottie loses his footing, falls, grasps a gutter, dangles in space, looks down, gets dizzy.• a gutter ball• She stepped forward into the flowing gutter and reached out to him.• Ridge, hip and gable tiles are commonly displaced by gales, causing accumulation of debris in gutters, valleys and junctions.• There might have been hands in the gutter and heads rolling about under the lamplight too.• A porter threw one of our bundles into the gutter.gutter2 verb [intransitive]  literaryBURN if a candle gutters, it burns with an unsteady flame 〔烛光〕摇曳不定→ See Verb table

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gutter• There was a sudden wind and the small fire in the shaman's lodge guttered.• The lamp guttered a little in the chimney draught.• The candles had almost guttered out, needing to be replaced, but the dim light was an unexpected blessing.Origin gutter1 (1200-1300) Old French goutiere, from goute “drop”; → GOUT

gut·ter1 noungutter2 verbChineseSyllable  

low of the the part at edge Corpus

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gut‧ter¹ /ˈɡʌtə $ -ər/ noun1. [countable] the low part at the edge of a road where water collects and flows away:
    The gutters were blocked and overflowing.
2.
   [countable] an open pipe fixed to the edge of a roof to collect and carry away rainwater
3. the gutter the bad social conditions of the lowest and poorest level of society:
    Men like him usually ended up in jail – or the gutter.
4. the gutter press British English the newspapers that print shocking stories about people’s personal lives – used to show disapproval ⇨ tabloid

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gutter² verb [intransitive]
literary if a candle gutters, it burns with an unsteady flame