ruts

英 [rʌts]

美 [rʌts]

n.  车辙; 刻板乏味的生活; (雄鹿等雄性动物的)发情期
rut的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• Yet, as the year progresses, we often get stuck in ruts and routines.
  然而随着时间流逝，我们常常陷在自己的日常琐事里。
• Down the dirt road my four-wheel drive bounced over ruts and rocks as I followed the creek that had given us "fantastic,"" beautiful,"" amazing" trout.
  沿着那条给了我们“奇异的”、“漂亮的”、“美妙的”鳟鱼的小溪，我的车子颠簸在尘土飞扬、凹凸不平的路上。
• Commissary wagons with torn canvas covers rocked through the ruts. They took their oars and began to pull from the shore, then spread their sail, and drove merrily across the firth.
  盖着破帆布的军需车摇摇晃晃地在凌乱的车辙中驶着。他们先摇了一阵橹使船离岸，接着扬起帆，驾着小船欢乐地渡过河口。
• Ordinarily the surface is hard with rock-strewn sections commonplace, while ruts will often form after the first pass.
  通常布满碎石的赛道会显得比较硬，而跑过一趟之后就会出现一些坑槽。
• Suddenly the enormous mass was seen to quiver, the cart rose slowly, the wheels half emerged from the ruts.
  忽然，大家看见那一大堆东西动摇起来了，车子慢慢上升了，轮子已从泥坑里起来了一半。
• Habitual thought patterns are like ruts in a dirt road.
  习惯性思考规律就像一条泥巴路上的深车轮印。
• The arena was scarred by deep muddy ruts.
  赛场上留下了深深的车辙泥痕。
• The truck made two ruts in the dirt road.
  卡车在泥路上轧出两道沟。
• How worn and dusty, then, must be the highways of the world, how deep the ruts of tradition and conformity!
  想人世的公路如何给践踏得尘埃蔽天，传统和习俗形成了何等深的车辙！
• Scientists, like all other human beings, may get into ruts and apply their techniques regardless of varying circumstances.
  科学家与其他人一样，可能陷入一定模式，因而不分场合地应用他们的技术。