rut
n[C]
1 deep track made by a wheel or wheels in soft ground; furrow 車轍; 溝
My bike bumped over the ruts. 我的自行車在凹凸不平的車轍道上顛顛簸簸.
2 (idm 習語) be (stuck) in a `rut have a fixed and boring way of life 囿於刻板而乏味的生活方式. get into/out of a `rut start/stop leading a routine existence 開始[不再]過刻板的生活
It's time to get out of the 9 to 5 rut, ie of the normal working day. 應該擺脫開9點上班5點下班那種刻板的生活了. rut, v (-tt-) [Tn esp passive 尤用於被動語態]
mark (sth) with ruts 在(某物)上形成車轍; 使(某物)留下凹痕
The lane was rutted with tyre tracks. 這小巷有車胎軋出的凹痕.
a deeply rutted road 留有很深車轍的路.
rut n (also the rut) [U]
periodic sexual excitement of a male deer, goat, ram, etc (雄性的鹿、 羊等的周期的)性沖動
stags fight during the rut 雄鹿之間在交配期的格斗. rut, v (-tt-) [I]
be affected by this (雄性的鹿、 羊等周期地)性沖動
a rutting stag 準備交配的雄鹿.
?? 擴展釋義
*[r?t]n. 轍跡, 凹槽, 常規, 慣例, 發情期vi. 交尾, 發情vt. 挖槽于【醫】 雄性[動物]動情期, 動情期, 慣例, 雷同相關詞組: lift sb out of the rut get into a rut