[N-COUNT 可数名词](人、生活或工作)刻板乏味,一成不变,老一套 If you say that someone is in 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 is in a rut.
[usu sing]
[disapproval]
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。
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。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]车辙 A rut is a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle.
[oft N in n]
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。
...the deep ruts left by the trucks' heavy wheels.
卡车沉重的轮子留下的很深的车辙
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[N-SING 单数名词](动物的)发情期The rut is 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.
[usu the N]
...two elks sparring during the autumn rut.
两头麋鹿在秋季的发情期互相打斗
...a stag in rut.
发情期的牡鹿
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See also:
rutted
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rutting
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Oxford
rut/rʌt; NAmErʌt/noun1[countable ]a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground 车辙2[countable ]a boring way of life that does not change 刻板乏味的生活◆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。◆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。3[uncountable ](alsothe rut )the time of year when male animals, especially deer,become sexually active (雄鹿等雄性动物的)发情期☞see also
rutted
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rutting
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LDC
rutrut /rʌt/ noun
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1[countable] a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel2in a rut living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored: I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job.3[uncountable] (also the rut) technical the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually activein rut a stag in rut