Gutter



GRE

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GRE 红宝书

• n. 水槽; 街沟
• ［英］ 水槽 ( a trough or channel along or under the eaves of a roof) ; 街沟 ( a narrow channel along the side of a road or street, to carry off water, as to a sewer)
• ［记］ gut ( 肠胃, 引申为沟) +ter -> 街沟

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English goter, from Anglo-French gutere, goter, from gute drop, from Latin gutta
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a trough along the eaves to catch and carry off rainwater
  • b. a low area (as at the edge of a street) to carry off surface water (as to a sewer)
  • c. a trough or groove to catch and direct something <the gutters of a bowling alley>
• 2. a white space formed by the adjoining inside margins of two facing pages (as of a book)
• 3. the lowest or most vulgar level or condition of human life

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cut or wear gutters in
  • 2. to provide with a gutter
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to flow in rivulets
    • b. of a candle to melt away through a channel out of the side of the cup hollowed out by the burning wick
  • 2. to incline downward in a draft <the candle flame guttering>

III. adjective

• Date: 15th century
• of, relating to, or characteristic of the gutter; especially marked by extreme vulgarity, cheapness, or indecency <gutter politics>

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