an ugly figure of a person or an animal that is made of stone and through which water is carried away from the roof of a building, especially a church （建筑物，尤指教堂顶上石头怪人或怪兽状的）滴水嘴；滴水兽 
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French gargouille ‘throat’, also ‘gargoyle’ (because of the water passing through the throat and mouth of the figure); related to Greek gargarizein ‘to gargle’ (imitating the sounds made in the throat).
