gutter

gutter
noun
  1. a shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater
    排雨槽，雨水槽，檐槽
    ■a channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater
    （道路的）排水沟，街沟，明沟
    ■(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。
    ■(technical)a groove or channel for flowing liquid
    (技)沟，槽
    ■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
verb
  1. [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。
  2. [with obj.](archaic)channel or furrow with something such as streams or tears
    (古)因水流（或泪水等）在…上形成的沟（或痕迹）
    my cheeks are guttered with tears.
    我的面庞满是泪痕。
    ■[no obj.](gutter down)stream down
    流，淌
    the raindrops gutter down her visage.
    雨滴从她脸上淌下。
语源
  1. 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
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