gutter

• اسم يدل على قناة أو مجرى مفتوح تُصرف فيه مياه الأمطار، ويكون عادة على حافة السطح أو على جانب الطريق. ويُطلق أيضاً على أي أخدود أو مجرى صناعي لتصريف المياه أو الفضلات السائلة.

A noun referring to a channel or trough, typically at the edge of a roof or street, designed to carry away rainwater.

1. Drainage channelA2formal

   A channel at the edge of a road or roof for carrying away rainwater.

   مزراب

   • The leaves clogged the gutter on the roof.
   • Water flowed down the gutter into the drain.
   • He cleaned the gutters to prevent flooding.

   المرادفاتchannelconduitditchdraingullytroughwatercourse

2. Poor or degraded stateB2informal

   A state of poverty, degradation, or low moral character.

   الحضيض

   • He was dragged from the gutter to become a successful businessman.
   • The movie portrays life in the gutter of society.
   • She rose from the gutter to achieve great things.

   المرادفاتabjectiondebasementdegradationdepravitydestitutionpovertysqualorwretchedness

• فعل يُستخدم لوصف اللهب أو الشمعة التي تحترق بشكل غير منتظم وتوشك على الانطفاء، أو لوصف جريان الماء في قناة أو مجرى.

A verb used to describe a flame or candle burning unsteadily and threatening to go out, or to describe a flow of water in a channel.

1. C1formal

   To flow or stream in a channel, like water in a gutter.

   التدفق في قناة

   • Rainwater gutters down the street after a storm.
   • The melted snow gutters along the pavement.
   • Water gutters from the roof into the drain.

   المرادفاتchannelcourseflowrunstreamtrickle

2. Flicker or burn unsteadilyC2formal

   To burn or flicker unsteadily, as a candle flame does when it is about to go out.

   اهتزاز اللهب

   • The candle guttered in the drafty room.
   • Her hope guttered like a dying flame.
   • The lamp guttered and then went out completely.

   المرادفاتflickerfluttersputterwaver