| 单词 | rut |
| 释义 | rutWord family adjectiveruttyruttishnounruttingrut Roads, Animals rut /rʌt/ noun 1. [countableC]TTRLINE a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel 车辙 2 in a rut CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTliving or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored 〔生活或工作〕刻板乏味，一成不变 I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job. 我的生活一成不变，所以我决定找一份新工作。 Examples from the Corpus stuck in a rut• I sometimes feel my that my relationship with Jeff is stuck in a rut. 3 [uncountableU] (also the rut) technicalHBA the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually active 〔雄性动物，尤指鹿的〕发情期 in rut a stag in rut 处于发情期的雄鹿 Examples from the Corpus rut• The carriage became stuck in a rut, and we all had to get out and push.• The road to the farm had deep ruts in it.• It had the face of an elephant in rut, Melanie thought.• It was the intent face of female in rut - yet it was also the face of Justine, impersonal with death.• She squelched along in the muddy ruts left by the cattle, avoiding other more unpleasant tokens of their passage.• Her firefly eyes clicked open and closed, and along her forehead the horizontal grooves had deepened into sharp narrow ruts.• His owner is into a living but predictable rut.• Some ruts are deeper than others, but all of them can do damage to your career.• Jeri and I thrashed ahead, following subsidiary ruts in the dried mud, and then tire marks in the grass.• Fighting occurs during the rut as males compete for dominance. 1. (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French route; → ROUTE1 2. (1100-1200) Old French “loud sound made by a deer”, from Latin rugire “to roar” |
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