guttered

英 [ˈɡʌtəd]

美 [ˈɡʌtərd]

v.  忽明忽暗; 摇曳不定
gutter的过去分词和过去式

过去式：guttered　

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （人行道旁的）排水沟，阴沟
  The gutteris the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rain water collects and flows away.
  1. It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system.
     它应该是被沿排水沟冲入城市庞大的排水系统。
• N-COUNT （屋檐的）雨水槽；檐沟
  Agutteris a plastic or metal channel fixed to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rain water drains into.
  1. Did you fix the gutter?
     你修过排水槽了吗？
• N-SING 一文不名；穷困潦倒
  If someone isin the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way.
  1. 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。
• VERB （火焰）忽明忽暗，摇曳不定
  If a flamegutters, it burns weakly and unsteadily.
  1. The flames guttered.
     火苗摇曳不定。
  2. ...a guttering candle.
     火光摇曳的蜡烛
• See also:gutter press

双语例句

• The winter had almost guttered into spring when father was ill.
  冬天悄然变脸化作春天之际，爸爸病了。
• Her quick smile guttered away.
  她的笑容一闪即逝。
• A flash of lightning split the darkness of the night sky, died down, flared up again and then guttered away to nothing.
  不知从哪里显现的一道闪电；一道闪电划破漆黑的夜空，闪光暗下去又亮起来，接着便完全消失了。
• The flames guttered.
  火苗摇曳不定。
• The candle guttered and snuffed out.
  蜡烛在风中淌蜡，终于熄掉了。
• The heavy rain guttered the soil. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc.
  大雨在地面上开沟了。通过沟渠给旱地提供水。