gutter

noun

1. a channel along the eaves or on the roof
collects and carries away rainwater

Synonym: trough

2. a tool for gutting fish

3. a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)

4. misfortune resulting in lost effort or money

e.g. his career was in the gutter
all that work went down the sewer
pensions are in the toilet

Synonym: sewertoilet

verb

1. provide with gutters

e.g. gutter the buildings

2. wear or cut gutters into

e.g. The heavy rain guttered the soil

3. flow in small streams

e.g. Tears guttered down her face

4. burn unsteadily, feebly, or low
flicker

e.g. The cooling lava continued to gutter toward lower ground

1. （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.

e.g. 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。

2. （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.

e.g. Did you fix the gutter?
你修过排水槽了吗？

3. 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.

e.g. 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。

4. （火焰）忽明忽暗，摇曳不定
If a flame gutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily.

e.g. The flames guttered.
火苗摇曳不定。
e.g. ...a guttering candle.
火光摇曳的蜡烛

5. see also: gutter press

1. 水槽：此外,在检查屋顶时,水槽(Gutter)也要特別留意,它们经常被屋顶四周的树叶或青苔倒塞,而水槽的接口也经常漏水,所以水槽清理是必须的,而且在接口的地方更要加上黏合剂(caulking).

2. 槽：依旧是采用浮动布局,槽(Gutter)宽通过margin-left来控制(Blueprint采用右边距,960.gs采用均分,这三个框架对槽的处理实在有意思)1692年,新登基的法国国王路易十四感到法国的印刷水平强差人意,因此命令成立一个管理印刷的皇家特别委员会.

3. gutter的翻译

3. 锻模飞边槽：formboard 进模口板 | gutter 锻模飞边槽 | hammer man 锻工