gutter
- IPA[ˈɡʌtə]
英式
- a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.；a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater.
- (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.；make channels or furrows in (something)
verb: gutter, 3rd person present: gutters, gerund or present participle: guttering, past tense: guttered, past participle: guttered
noun: gutter, plural noun: gutters
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名詞
- 1. a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
- ▪ a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater.
- ▪ used to refer to a poor or squalid existence or environment men who had fought their way out of the gutter
- ▪ technical a groove or channel for flowing liquid.
- ▪ a channel on either side of a lane in a bowling alley.
- 2. the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.
動詞
- 1. (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.
- 2. archaic make channels or furrows in (something) my cheeks are guttered with tears
- ▪ flow in streams the raindrops gutter down her visage
- (in tenpin bowling) a nonscoring ball that enters the gutter before reaching the pins.
Oxford American Dictionary
- reporters or newspapers engaging in sensational journalism, especially accounts of the private ... the kind of place that the gutter press likes to describe as a love nest
Oxford American Dictionary
- reporters or newspapers engaging in sensational journalism, especially accounts of the private ... the kind of place that the gutter press likes to describe as a love nest
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈɡədər]
美式
- a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
- (of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily: the candles had almost guttered out
Oxford American Dictionary
