n.

1. （道路旁的）排水沟，街沟[C]
   The motorbike lay on its side in the gutter.

   那辆摩托车倒在沟中。

2. 天沟，檐槽[C]
3. 【口】贫民窟；肮脏贫困状态；犯罪多发地区[the S]
   Tina was a pale little gutter girl.

   蒂娜是个脸色苍白的贫民区的小女孩。

vt.

1. 开沟（或槽等）于；形成沟于；装天沟于
2. 弄熄；管住
   You should gutter your dog.

   你应该管住自己的狗。

vi.

1. 形成沟
2. 流，淌；（蜡烛）淌蜡；（烛光等）摇曳不定
   The candle was guttering in the candlestick.

   蜡烛在烛台上淌着蜡。

n.

1. a shallow trough beneath the edge of a roof, or a channel at the side of a street, for carrying off rainwater.
   ▸technical a groove or channel for flowing liquid.
2. (the gutter) a poor or squalid existence or environment.
3. the blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.

v.

1. (of a flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.
2. archaic make channels in.