groove

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++groove /ɡruːv/ ●○○ noun [countable]  1  LINEa thin line cut into a hard surface 凹槽 The bolt slid easily into the groove. 插销顺畅地滑入凹槽。 a shallow groove cut into the cliff 悬崖上的一道浅槽2  be stuck in a groove CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTto do something in the same way for a long time so that it becomes boring 墨守成规，一成不变 Our product range was stuck in a groove. 我们的产品线一成不变。3  informal the beat of a piece of popular music 〔流行音乐的〕节奏 a hypnotic dub groove 迷幻的强节奏音乐

Examples from the Corpus

groove• Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together.• I get myself in sort of a groove.• Jazzy grooves and top-class rapping; this helped invent trip-hop and all manner of other dubious things.• This type of groove should be played very tight, smack on the beat at all times, but with a little bounce.• The music moves from ominous grooves to all-out instrumental pummeling of the listener -- all in the same piece.• As the lights went down and the groove got going, people started dancing.• Its blade was two-edged, and made of heavy bronze, the grooves chased like lotus stems.• The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.Origin groove (1300-1400) Dutch groeve

groove nounChinese  

into cut thin Corpus a a line hard

groove
groove /ɡruːv/ noun [countable]1. a thin line cut into a hard surface:
    The bolt slid easily into the groove.
    a shallow groove cut into the cliff
2. be stuck in a groove to do something in the same way for a long time so that it becomes boring:
    Our product range was stuck in a groove.
3. informal the beat of a piece of popular music:
    a hypnotic dub groove
     

THESAURUS

■ on the ground/on the surface of something
   ▪ line a long thin mark on a piece of paper, the ground, or another surface: The teacher put a red line through the first sentence. | If the ball goes over the line, it’s out of play.
   ▪ groove a thin line that has been cut into a surface: Deep grooves had been cut into the stone to channel the water. | Lyle ran his fingernail along the groove in the table.
   ▪ rut a deep line in the ground which has been made by the wheels of vehicles: The deep ruts made by the trucks were full of water. | The tractor’s wheels caught a rut in the field and jolted him.
   ▪ crease/wrinkle a line on clothes, material, or paper where it has been folded or crushed: She was trying to smooth out the creases in her dress. | She had wrinkles in her skirt where she had sat.

grooveBrE /ɡruːv/ 🔊NAmE /ɡruːv/ 🔊 nouna long narrow cut in the surface of sth hard 沟；槽；辙；纹(informal) a particular type of musical rhythm （某种）音乐节奏（或律动）◆a jazz groove爵士乐节奏●be (stuck) in a ˈgroove(BrE) to be unable to change sth that you have been doing the same way for a long time and that has become boring 墨守成规；照惯例行事