gutter
noun · verb · adjectiveA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A prepared channel in a surface, especially at the side of a road adjacent to a curb, intended for the drainage of water.
- 2.
A ditch along the side of a road.
- 3.
A duct or channel beneath the eaves of a building to carry rain water; eavestrough.
The gutters must be cleared of leaves a few times a year.
- 4.
(bowling) A groove down the sides of a bowling lane.
You can decide to use the bumpers to avoid the ball going down the gutter every time.
- 5.
A large groove (commonly behind animals) in a barn used for the collection and removal of animal excrement.
- 6.
Any narrow channel or groove, such as one formed by erosion in the vent of a gun from repeated firing.
- 7.
(typography) A space between printed columns of text.
- 8.
(printing) One of a number of pieces of wood or metal, grooved in the centre, used to separate the pages of type in a form.
- 9.
(philately) An unprinted space between rows of stamps.
- 10.
(British)A drainage channel.
- 11.
The notional locus of things, acts, or events that are distasteful, ill-bred, or morally questionable.
- 12.
(figuratively)A low, vulgar state.
Get your mind out of the gutter.
What kind of gutter language is that? I ought to wash your mouth out with soap.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To flow or stream; to form gutters.
- 2.
(of a candle) To melt away by having the molten wax run down along the side of the candle.
Đồng nghĩa: cloam
- 3.
(of a small flame, or poetically, of eyes) To flicker as if about to be extinguished.
- 4.
(transitive)To send (a bowling ball) into the gutter, not hitting any pins.
- 5.
(transitive)To supply with a gutter or gutters.
- 6.
(transitive)To cut or form into small longitudinal hollows; to channel.
- 7.
(intransitive, uncommon)To worsen considerably.
The students' performance guttered after the school event.
The patient's state would soon gutter.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(derogatory, figuratively, informal)Vulgar, sordid, or low-class.
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From Middle English gutter, guttur, goter, from guttere, from Old French goutiere (gouttière), ultimately from Latin gutta (drop).