2N-COUNT (屋檐的)雨水槽;檐沟 A gutter is a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into. (屋檐的)雨水槽;檐沟
Did you fix the gutter?
你修过排水槽了吗?
3N-SING 一文不名;穷困潦倒 If someone is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way. 一文不名;穷困潦倒
Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
结果他非但没有锒铛入狱或是穷困潦倒,反而功成名就。
4VERB (火焰)忽明忽暗,摇曳不定 If a flame gutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily. (火焰)忽明忽暗,摇曳不定 [literary]