rut
noun/rʌt/
/rʌt/
- [countable] a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground
车辙 - It was difficult to walk in the muddy ruts left by the tractor.
在拖拉机留下的泥泞车辙里行走很困难。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- It was difficult to walk in the muddy ruts left by the tractor.
- [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。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2- I'd got into a rut, cooking the same things week after week.
我每一周都重复地做着同样的饭菜。 - Moving abroad gave her the chance to get out of a rut.
移居国外让她得以改变一下单调的生活。 - My job bores me—I feel I'm in a rut.
我的工作让我厌烦 － 我觉得自己的生活很枯燥。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.
- (also the rut)[uncountable] the time of year when male animals, especially deer, become sexually active
（雄鹿等雄性动物的）发情期 - stags fighting during the rut
雄鹿在发情期打架
see also rutted, rutting - stags fighting during the rut
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 16th cent.: probably from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’.