名詞 gutter:

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater
   同義詞：trough
2. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money
   同義詞：sewer, toilet
3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
4. a tool for gutting fish

動詞 gutter:

1. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker
2. flow in small streams
3. wear or cut gutters into
4. provide with gutters

1. In spite of poor health, he would rather continue to work for the collective than gutter out without doing anything.
   他盡管身體不好，但他要繼續(xù)為集體干活，而不愿無所事事地等死。
2. Gutter language; the gutter press.
   下層社會的語言; 下流的報紙
3. A gutter under the eaves of a roof.
   水槽屋檐下的凹槽：
4. He took the child out of the gutter.
   他收養(yǎng)了這個窮苦孩子。

gut.ter

n.（名詞）
A channel at the edge of a street or road for carrying off surface water.
排水溝，陰溝：在街邊或路邊把地面的水排走的通道
A trough fixed under or along the eaves for draining rainwater from a roof.Also called Regional eaves spout Regional eaves trough Regional rainspout Regional spouting
檐槽：把雨水從房頂排走的水槽，裝在屋檐邊或檐下也作 【區(qū)域的】 eaves spout【區(qū)域的】 eaves trough【區(qū)域的】 rainspout【區(qū)域的】 spouting
A furrow or groove formed by running water.
犁溝：由流水形成的槽或小溝
A trough or channel for carrying something off, such as that on either side of a bowling alley.
溝槽：把某物排走的槽或溝，比如在保齡球道兩邊的球槽
Printing The white space formed by the inner margins of two facing pages, as of a book.
【印刷術】 兩頁間的空白：書中左右兩頁間的空白形成的一塊大空處
A degraded and squalid class or state of human existence.
下等階層：人類生活中一種墮落的，邋遢的階層或狀態(tài)
v.（動詞）
gut.tered,gut.ter.ing,gut.ters
v.tr.（及物動詞）
To form gutters or furrows in.
形成溝或槽于…
To provide with gutters.
裝槽
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
To flow in channels or rivulets.
在溝槽或小溪中流淌
To melt away through the side of the hollow formed by a burning wick. Used of a candle.
淌蠟：從一根燈芯燃燒形成的中空兩邊慢慢熔化。用于指蠟燭
To burn low and unsteadily; flicker.
搖曳：慢慢地，不穩(wěn)定地燃燒；閃爍不定
adj.（形容詞）
Befitting the lowest class of human life; vulgar, sordid, or unprincipled:
最低階層的，下流的：屬于最低級的人類生活的；粗俗的、骯臟的或無恥的：
例句：
gutter language; the gutter press.
下層社會的語言；下流的報紙

來源：
Middle English goter, guter
中古英語 goter, guter
from Old French gotier
源自 古法語 gotier
from gote [drop]
源自 gote [滴]
from Latin gutta
源自 拉丁語 gutta

<注釋>Certain household words have proved important as markers for major U.S. dialect boundaries.The channels along the edge of a roof for carrying away rainwater (normally referred to in the plural) are variously known aseaves spouts or eaves troughs in New England and the Great Lakes states, spouting or rainspouts in New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, and the Delmarva Peninsula, andgutters from Virginia southward. The transition points mark unusually clear boundaries for the three major dialect areas—Northern, Midland, and Southern—traditionally acknowledged by scholars of American dialects.Atypically, Southerngutters seems to have become the standard U.S. term.
某些常用詞作為區(qū)分美國各主要方言的標志是非常重要的。在新英格蘭和五大湖區(qū)，這種裝在屋頂邊緣用來排走雨水的溝槽（一般都是用作復數(shù)）被叫做eaves spouts 或 eaves troughs ， 而在新澤西，賓夕法尼亞州東部和德馬華群島被叫做spouting 或 rainspouts ， 弗吉尼亞以南人們把它稱為gutters 。 這些轉變表明了美國方言三大區(qū)域通常中比較清楚的邊界，這三個地區(qū)是北部，中部和南部地區(qū)，這通常已為美國的方言學者所確認。而南方人使用的gutters 似乎已經(jīng)成為美國英語中正規(guī)的名稱，這種情況是不太常見的