-同义词和反义词
词性:|noun|
例句1. a tide of rainwater swept into the gutter
-guttered的不同词性形态
例句
|noun|
1.A channel at the side of a street for carrying off rainwater.
‘He was lying in the _gutter_ at the side of a small road.’
‘It was stuck between two narrow residential streets and rode uncomfortably up to the _gutters_ on each side, so that there was no sidewalk adjacent to the lot.’
2.A channel on either side of a lane in a bowling alley.
‘I then do the same thing on the next frame but the ball falls into the _gutter_ and I cover the full rack spare.’
‘The balls roll down the _gutter_ to the pin end of the lane for return to the bowler.’
3.A groove or channel for flowing liquid.
‘Each _gutter_ had become a flowing stream, and each dip in the road had become a ford to traverse.’
‘Domestic waste flowing through exposed, overflowing, fly-infested _gutters_ are a sight as common as our coconut trees.’
4.A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
‘There was a broken _gutter_ on the roof which was pouring down a waterfall.’
‘The _gutters_ round the roofs of the wings were constructed in a manner which is now, as I understand it, obsolete.’
5.The blank space between facing pages of a book or between adjacent columns of type or stamps in a sheet.
‘As the book settles onto the right board, the left-hand pages are bent to a tight curve near the _gutter_ .’
‘Some are flush with the _gutter_ or even leaping off the top of the page and as such are visually confusing.’
6.Used to refer to a poor or squalid existence or environment.
‘men who had fought their way out of the _gutter_ ’
‘The political party’s descent into the _gutter_ continues apace, with plans to further tighten already draconian anti asylum seeker legislation.’
|verb|
1.(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.
‘Below them, outside the windows was the soft glow of her anchor light beacon and across the room the candle _guttered_ and went out.’
‘Torches on the walls _guttered_ and popped, casting a dim, flickering light over the stone walls.’
2.Flow in streams.
‘the raindrops _gutter_ down her visage’
‘Until tomorrow, when the rain will _gutter_ down streams and we will dash for cover, I will smile my way to sleep, low-flying planes and yelling teenage drinkers won’t touch me.’
3.Make channels or furrows in (something)
‘my cheeks are _guttered_ with tears’
‘Lapping against the ship’s immense, rust-coloured flanks is a rippling sea of undulating hills covered with callitris pines and _guttered_ by creeks lined with river red gums.’
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