rut
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++rut /rʌt/ noun 1. [countable]TTRLINE a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel 车辙2 in a rut CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTliving or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored 〔生活或工作〕刻板乏味，一成不变 I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job. 我的生活一成不变，所以我决定找一份新工作。3 [uncountable] (also the rut) technicalHBA the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually active 〔雄性动物，尤指鹿的〕发情期in rut a stag in rut 处于发情期的雄鹿
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rut• The carriage became stuck in a rut, and we all had to get out and push.• The road to the farm had deep ruts in it.• It had the face of an elephant in rut, Melanie thought.• It was the intent face of female in rut - yet it was also the face of Justine, impersonal with death.• She squelched along in the muddy ruts left by the cattle, avoiding other more unpleasant tokens of their passage.• Her firefly eyes clicked open and closed, and along her forehead the horizontal grooves had deepened into sharp narrow ruts.• His owner is into a living but predictable rut.• Some ruts are deeper than others, but all of them can do damage to your career.• Jeri and I thrashed ahead, following subsidiary ruts in the dried mud, and then tire marks in the grass.• Fighting occurs during the rut as males compete for dominance.Origin rut 1. (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French route; → ROUTE12. (1100-1200) Old French “loud sound made by a deer”, from Latin rugire “to roar”rut nounChinese
narrow track left a in deep by a soft ground Corpus
rut
rut /rʌt/
noun
Language: Old French
Origin: 'loud sound made by a deer', from Latin rugire 'to roar'1. [countable] a deep narrow track left in soft ground by a wheel
2. in a rut living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored:
I was stuck in a rut and decided to look for a new job.
3. [uncountable] (also the rut) technical the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually active
in rut
a stag in rut
■ 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.
rut /rʌt/
noun Sense 3
Date: 1100-1200Language: Old French
Origin: 'loud sound made by a deer', from Latin rugire 'to roar'
2. in a rut living or working in a situation that never changes, so that you feel bored:
3. [uncountable] (also the rut) technical the period of the year when some male animals, especially deer, are sexually active
in rut
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