- [countable]
a deep track that a wheel makes in soft ground 车辙 It was difficult to walk in the muddy ruts left by the tractor. 在拖拉机留下的泥泞车辙中行走很困难。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- [countable]
a boring way of life that does not change 刻板乏味的生活 I gave up my job because I felt I was stuck in a rut. 我放弃了我的工作，因为我觉得那种生活呆板无聊。 If you don't go out and meet new people, it's easy to get into a rut. 如果你不出门结识新朋友，你的生活就容易变得刻板乏味。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsc2I'd got into a rut, cooking the same things week after week. 我每一周都重复地做着同样的饭菜。 Moving abroad gave her the chance to get out of a rut. 移居国外让她得以改变一下单调的生活。 My job bores me—I feel I'm in a rut. 我的工作让我厌烦 － 我觉得自己的生活很枯燥。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- wheel
- wagon
- …
- in a rut
- into a rut
- out of a rut
- …
- (also the rut)[uncountable]
the time of year when male animals, especially deer, become sexually active （雄鹿等雄性动物的）发情期 stags fighting during the rut 发情的雄鹿打架
see also rutted, rutting
Word Originsenses 1 to 2 late 16th cent.: probably from Old French rute ‘road’, from Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’, feminine past participle of rumpere.sense 3 late Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’.