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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Gutter \Gut*ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Guttered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Guttering}.]
1. To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to
channel. --Shak.
2. To supply with a gutter or gutters. [R.] --Dryden.
Gutter \Gut"ter\, v. i.
To become channeled, as a candle when the flame flares in the
wind.
Gutter \Gut"ter\, n. [OE. gotere, OF. goutiere, F. goutti[`e]re,
fr. OF. gote, goute, drop, F. goutte, fr. L. gutta.]
1. A channel at the eaves of a roof for conveying away the
rain; an eaves channel; an eaves trough.
2. A small channel at the roadside or elsewhere, to lead off
surface water.
Gutters running with ale. --Macaulay.
3. Any narrow channel or groove; as, a gutter formed by
erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
{Gutter member} (Arch.), an architectural member made by
treating the outside face of the gutter in a decorative
fashion, or by crowning it with ornaments, regularly
spaced, like a diminutive battlement.
{Gutter plane}, a carpenter's plane with a rounded bottom for
planing out gutters.
{Gutter snipe}, a neglected boy running at large; a street
Arab. [Slang]
资料来源 : WordNet®
gutter
v 1: burn unsteadily, feebly, or low; flicker; "The cooling lava
continued to gutter toward lower ground"
2: flow in small streams; "Tears guttered down her face"
3: wear or cut gutters into; "The heavy rain guttered the soil"
4: provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"
gutter
n 1: a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and
carries away rainwater [syn: {trough}]
2: misfortune resulting in lost effort or money; "his career
was in the gutter"; "all that work went down the sewer";
"pensions are in the toilet" [syn: {sewer}, {toilet}]
3: a worker who guts things (fish or buildings or cars etc.)
4: a tool for gutting fish