rut

noun

1. 车辙
   a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground
2. 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。
3. （雄鹿等雄性动物的）发情期
   the time of year when male animals, especially deer , become sexually active

1. N-COUNT （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.
   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。
2. N-COUNT 车辙
   A rut is 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
3. N-SING (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.
   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
4. See also: rutted rutting

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas.
   我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。
6. Ex: At the front of my house is a rut worn by my bicycle wheel.
   我的屋前是一条我的自行车轮胎轧出的车辙。
7. I'm the one who's in a rut!
   我才是最倒霉的！
8. It looks like the American basketball team has finally broken out of the rut they've been in.
   看来这支美国篮球队终于打破他们千篇一律的模式了。
9. I am stuck in a rut-I always eat a turkey sandwich for lunch!
   我总是一成不变地吃火鸡三明治当午餐。
10. Or, if you feel like you are in a rut, try something new.
    或者，如果你觉得自己的生活一成不变，那就尝试一些新的生活方式。
11. They fell into a conversational rut.
    他们陷入了对话的常轨。
12. By the time Harold was forty, he realized that he had got into a rut.
    哈罗德上了40岁时，意识到自己是墨守成规。
13. 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。
14. And I am a rut buster, I'm going to bust your rut.
    而我则是一个成规破坏者，我要破坏你的成规。
15. 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。
16. If you are dissatisfied with your old job, you need to get out of the rut.
    如果你不满足你的工作，你需要摆脱一成不变的局面。
17. Discuss the Wheel Rut Processing and Micro Table Place Practice in Bituminous Pavement Maintenance
    沥青路面养护中的车辙处理和微表处施工方法初探
18. After sunset, I hear the bellowing snorts and grunts of several moose in rut.
    太阳下山后，我听到好几只发情期的驼鹿的低吼声和呼噜声。
19. 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！
20. The difference between a rut and agrave is the depth.
    车辙和墓穴间的差别只是深度。
21. It works great, until we get stuck in rut and the ideas dry up.
    一开始这个方法很好，直到最后我们陷入了常规思维，想法枯竭。
22. A competitors ball comes to rest in a rut made by a maintenance vehicle.
    一名比赛者的球停在一个维修车制造的车辙里。
23. If you're in a rut, change jobs.
    如果你还是老样子的话，那就换个工作。
24. An illustrative example is given for the prediction of rut depth development in a flexible pavement.
    最后，以一个柔性路面为例，应用本文方法在循环荷载下的路基变形发展进行了分析。
25. 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。
26. She wants stirring up. she's got into a rut.
    她希望奋起，她已经陷入俗套了。
27. 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。
28. I've got myself into a real rut at work.
    我陷入了固定乏味的工作方式。
29. You keep going to the same bur, you get in a rut.
    你每次都去同一间酒吧，你都墨守成规了。
30. I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut.
    我辞职了，因为我觉得这种生活枯燥无聊。

noun

1. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
   1. they fell into a conversational rut

   Synonym:    groove

2. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)

3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity

   Synonym:    estrusoestrusheat

verb

1. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove
   1. furrow soil

   Synonym:    furrowgroove

2. be in a state of sexual excitement