gutters是什么意思？

gutters

英['gʌtərs] 美['gʌtərs]

• n. （路边）排水沟( gutter的名词复数 )，阴沟，（屋顶的）天沟，贫贱的境地；

例句

• The maple leaves had fallen and they lined the gutters of the asphalted streets. 枫树已经落叶,铺满了柏油路两旁的阴沟.
• Gutters lead the water into the ditch. 排水沟把水排到这条水沟里.
• 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。
• He installed rain gutters and downspouts. 他安装了雨水檐沟和排水管。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• 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.
  例句
  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
  A gutter is a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into.
  例句
  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 is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way.
  例句
  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 flame gutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily.
  例句
  The flames guttered. 火苗摇曳不定。 ...a guttering candle. 火光摇曳的蜡烛