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

• Unless you know how to clean gutters.
  除非你知道怎么清理排水沟。
• He installed rain gutters and downspouts.
  他安装了雨水檐沟和排水管。
• I no longer wallow in the grime and gutters, but I walk along crowded sidewalks with my head held high.
  我再也不必在穷途末路上堕落了。我已能在拥挤的人行道上昂首阔步了。
• I took away the leaves in the gutters.
  我清除了檐槽中的树叶。
• The river deposited silt at its mouth. The gutters were choked with filth.
  那条河在河口沉积淤泥。街沟中淤积着污物。
• 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。
• 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。
• On the day water covered the gutters outside, my father decided we would have to seek shelter in the tents on the hill.
  河水淹上房外檐槽的那一天，爸爸决定，我们必须到山上的帐篷里寻求庇护了。
• Built to strict hurricane codes, the booth features a copper standing-seam roof, gutters, and downspouts.
  建筑严格遵守预防飓风守则，展台设计了铜制直立屋顶，水槽和水落管。
• Gutters lead the water into the ditch.
  排水沟把水排到这条水沟里。