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

• 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。
• 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。
• In the midst of the file of Cossacks two waggons, drawn by French horses, and Cossack saddle-horses hitched on in front, rumbled over stumps and branches, and splashed through the ruts full of water.
  在拉得很长的哥萨克队伍中间，有两辆套着法国马和带马鞍的哥萨克马的大车在树桩和枯枝上颠簸着，车辙积满了水，大车发出扑哧扑哧的声响。
• He looked for ruts and cracks but found only a pile of warm dung deposited by one of the horses.
  他想寻找车辙和裂缝但所见只有一堆由某匹马留下的冒着热气的的粪便。
• 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。
• The photos also show ruts left by a roving vehicle and even backpacks pitched out of the lunar landers before the US visitors returned to Earth.
  照片上还清楚地显示了探险车在月球表面留下的车辙，以及美宇航员返航前从着陆舱中丢弃的背包。
• 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。
• Thorough planning can help smooth out the road, but there will be some ruts in the road that threaten to rip the wheels off of the car.
  通过周密的计划能够铺平道路，但是总有着一些不平可能会让你有翻车的危险。
• My bike bumped over the ruts.
  我的自行车在凹凸不平的车辙道上颠颠簸簸。
• The ruts under snow; believe bitter fruits, certainly are still waving.
  雪下的辙痕；相信青涩的果实，一定还在舞动。