gutter

1. N-COUNT Thegutter is the edge of a road next to the pavement, where rainwater collects and flows away. (路边的) 排水沟

It is supposed to be washed down the gutter and into the city's vast sewerage system. 它应该被冲入排水沟，流入城市的巨大排污系统。

2. N-COUNT A gutter is a plastic or metal channel attached to the lower edge of the roof of a building, which rainwater drains into. (房檐的) 排水槽

Did you fix the gutter?

你修过排水槽了吗？

3. N-SING If someone is in the gutter, they are very poor and live in a very bad way. 贫民窟

Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful. 他最后不但没有坐牢或流落贫民窟，反而还非常成功。