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

• The ruts flattened out under the pressure of wheels.
  地面上的车辙给车轮压平了。
• 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 truck made two ruts in the dirt road.
  卡车在泥路上轧出两道沟。
• Eventually help came and we were towed out of the huge ruts, my tires as smooth as a baby's behind.
  帮手终于来了，我们被拖出巨大的槽沟，轮胎光滑得就像婴儿的屁股蛋。
• She looked down the glaring red road, cut in deep ruts where cannon wheels and ambulances had gone over it.
  她顺着红光闪烁的大路向前望去，只见路上尽是深陷的车辙，那是炮车和救护车碾过后留下来的。
• 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。
• 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。
• There were deep ruts worn in the road.
  路面上有磨损而形成的深凹辙迹。
• 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。
• He lurched the car in reverse along the ruts to the access road.
  他顺着车辙摇摇晃晃地将车倒到了支路上。