gutter: [13] Etymologically, a gutter is something along which ‘drops’ of water run. Its distant ancestor is Latin gutta ‘drop’ (source also of English gout). From it was formed the Vulgar Latin derivative *guttāria, which passed into English via Anglo-Norman gotere. The use of the word as a verb, meaning (of a flame) ‘flicker on the point of going out’, comes from the channel, or ‘gutter’, formed down one side of a candle by the melted wax flowing away. => gout
gutter (n.)
late 13c., "watercourse, water drainage channel along the side of a street," from Anglo-French gotere, Old French guitere, goutiere "gutter, spout" of water (12c., Modern French gouttière), from goute "a drop," from Latin gutta "a drop" (see gout). Meaning "furrow made by running water" is from 1580s. Meaning "trough under the eaves of a roof to carry off rainwater" is from mid-14c. Figurative sense of "low, profane" is from 1818. In printers' slang, from 1841.
gutter (v.)
late 14c., "to make or run in channels" (transitive), from gutter (n.). Intransitive use, in reference to candles (1706) it is from the channel that forms as the molten wax flows off. Related: Guttered; guttering.
例文
1. The gutter press has held the royals up to ridicule.
黄色の新聞は皇室のメンバーを公然と揶揄している。
2.There 's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter .
暗渠にシガレットボックスがあります。
3.Instead of ending up in jail or in the gutter he was remarkably successful.
結局、彼は刑務所に収監されたり困窮したりするどころか、成功した。
4.The creeper is growing in towards the gutter ，and should be cleared away.
ツル草は溝に成長し、取り除くべきである。
5.He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.