rut

英 [rʌt]

美 [rʌt]

n.  车辙; 刻板乏味的生活; (雄鹿等雄性动物的)发情期
vi.  犁处于发情发动期

复数：ruts　过去式：rutted　现在分词：rutting　第三人称单数：ruts　过去分词：rutted　

考研TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.14763 / COCA.11310

牛津词典

noun

• 车辙
  a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground
• 刻板乏味的生活
  a boring way of life that does not change
  1. I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut .
     我放弃了我的工作，因为我觉得那种生活呆板无聊。
  2. If you don't go out and meet new people, it's easy to get into a rut .
     如果你不出门结识新朋友，你的生活就容易变得刻板乏味。
• （雄鹿等雄性动物的）发情期
  the time of year when male animals, especially deer , become sexually active

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （人、生活或工作）刻板乏味，一成不变，老一套
  If you say that someone isin a rut, you disapprove of the fact that they have become fixed in their way of thinking and doing things, and find it difficult to change. You can also say that someone's life or career isin a rut.
  1. I don't like being in a rut — I like to keep moving on...
     我不喜欢一成不变的生活——我喜欢不断进取。
  2. Many over 30s feel stuck in a financial rut.
     很多超过30岁的人都觉得自己的经济状况很难有所改变。
• N-COUNT 车辙
  Arutis a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle.
  1. Our driver slowed up as we approached the ruts in the road.
     当驶近路上的车辙时，我们的司机放慢了速度。
  2. ...the deep ruts left by the trucks' heavy wheels.
     卡车沉重的轮子留下的很深的车辙
• N-SING (动物的)发情期
  The rutis the period of the year when some animals such as deer are sexually active, and the males fight each other to mate with the females.
  1. ...two elks sparring during the autumn rut.
     两头麋鹿在秋季的发情期互相打斗
  2. ...a stag in rut.
     发情期的牡鹿
• See also:ruttedrutting

英英释义

noun

• a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
  1. they fell into a conversational rut
  Synonym:groove
• a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
• applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
  Synonym:estrusoestrusheat

verb

• hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
  1. furrow soil
  Synonym:furrowgroove
• be in a state of sexual excitement

双语例句

• If you're in a rut, change jobs.
  如果你还是老样子的话，那就换个工作。
• When the male deer is in rut it may fight its rivals for the female.
  当雄鹿处于发情期，它会和对手搏斗争夺雌鹿。
• The difference between a rut and agrave is the depth.
  车辙和墓穴间的差别只是深度。
• I'm the one who's in a rut!
  我才是最倒霉的！
• You won't skid if you stay in a rut.
  如果墨守成规的话，你就不会溜滑了。
• The only difference between a rut and a grave* is in their dimensions.
  车印和坟墓的差别仅在于它们的面积。
• If these make pigs go in rut, they could work for men, too!
  如果这让猪发情，那对人也有效！
• I don't like being in a rut — I like to keep moving on
  我不喜欢一成不变的生活——我喜欢不断进取。
• CARTER was driving a wagon along a country lane, when the wheels sank down deep into a rut.
  一名车夫赶着货车沿着乡间小路行进。途中车轮陷入了很深的车辙中，再也无法前进。
• Many home sellers remain stuck in a recessional rut.
  许多房屋的卖主仍然陷在经济衰退的困境中。