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- a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater排雨槽, 雨水槽, 檐槽。
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- a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater（道路的）排水沟, 街沟, 明沟。
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the gutter
used to refer to a poor or squalid background or environment贫贱的出身; 贫穷（或肮脏）的环境：only moneyed privilege had kept him out of the gutter.
只是有钱人的特权才使他摆脱了贫贱的出身。
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- technical a groove or channel for flowing liquid〈技〉沟, 槽。
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- a channel on either side of a lane in a bowling alley（保龄球球道两边的）球槽。
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- the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet（书）左右两页中间的空白, 订口; 相邻两栏字之间的空白; （一版邮票上）邮票之间的空隙。
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- no obj.(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily（蜡烛, 火焰）摇曳不定, 忽明忽暗：
the candles had almost guttered out.
烛火摇曳不定, 几乎要熄灭了。
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- with obj. archaic channel or furrow with something such as streams or tears〈古〉因水流（或泪水等）在…上形成沟（或痕迹）：
my cheeks are guttered with tears.
我的面庞满是泪痕。
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- no obj.
gutter down
stream down流, 淌： the raindrops gutter down her visage.
雨滴从她脸上淌下。
词源
Middle English: from Old French gotiere, from Latin gutta 'a drop'; the verb dates from late Middle English， originally meaning 'cut grooves in' and later （early 18th cent.） used of a candle which melts rapidly because it has become channelled on one side.