eavestrough

IPA/ˈiːvztrɒf/
IPA/ˈiːvztrɔːf/

eavestrough — 名詞

1. a long narrow container attached below the border of a roof that catches falling

1.名詞B2
釋義

簷槽

屋簷下收集雨水的管道

a long narrow container attached below the border of a roof that catches falling rain and guides it into a vertical pipe leading to the ground

例句

A big pile of wet leaves was blocking the eavestrough behind Charlotte's bedroom window.

大堆濕樹葉堵住了 Charlotte 臥室窗戶外的簷槽。

collocation: blocked eavestrough

Kofi climbed a ladder to clean the fallen twigs out of the old metal eavestrough.

Kofi 爬上梯子,清除舊金屬簷槽裡的枯枝。

常見搭配
  • blocked eavestrough
  • clean the eavestrough
  • metal eavestrough
  • plastic eavestrough
  • eavestrough guard
  • eavestrough repair
同義詞
  • gutter

    more common term worldwide; eavestrough is regional (Canada, parts of US)

  • rain gutter

    emphasises the water-collecting function; slightly more formal

用法筆記

Commonly used in Canadian and American English; in British English the word 'gutter' is more typical.

常見錯誤

The eavestrough is broken' (when referring to the pipe going down from the roof).
The downspout is broken.
eavestrough is the horizontal channel along the roof edge; the vertical pipe is a downspout.

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常用片語

  • clean the eavestrough
  • eavestrough repair
  • eavestrough installation
  • eavestrough guard

介系詞搭配

  • in the eavestrough
  • out of the eavestrough
  • along the eavestrough
  • behind the eavestrough