gutters

英 [ˈɡʌtəz]

美 [ˈɡʌtərz]

n.  檐沟; 天沟; 路旁排水沟; 阴沟; 恶劣的社会环境; 道德沦落的社会最低阶层
v.  忽明忽暗; 摇曳不定
gutter的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （人行道旁的）排水沟，阴沟
  The gutteris 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。
• N-COUNT （屋檐的）雨水槽；檐沟
  Agutteris 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？
• N-SING 一文不名；穷困潦倒
  If someone isin 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。
• VERB （火焰）忽明忽暗，摇曳不定
  If a flamegutters, 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
• See also:gutter press

双语例句

• Someone mutters, and a street lamp gutters, and soon it will be morning.
  有人喃喃低语，一盏街灯将熄，清晨就快要来临。
• Gutters lead the water into the ditch.
  排水沟把水排到这条水沟里。
• Fresh water collected in gutters will be channelled into the pond.
  积聚在水槽中的淡水将被引到池塘中去。
• We had to repaint the gutters with linseed oil.
  我们不得不用亚麻子油重漆水槽。
• We had continual problems with leaves blocking up the gutters.
  我们不断遇到树叶堵塞排水沟的问题。
• The stream had scoured a channel. Drains and gutters require to be flushed.
  那溪流冲出了一条水沟。下水道和阴沟必须冲洗。
• The gutters either side of the paved high road were gurgling and even flooding.
  铺砌的大路两旁的排水沟在汩汩作响，甚至漫出水来。
• I took away the leaves in the gutters.
  我清除了檐槽中的树叶。
• He installed rain gutters and downspouts.
  他安装了雨水檐沟和排水管。
• Measure horizontal roof lengths for installing rain gutters.
  测量安装屋顶雨水沟长度的水平。