rut
n. 车辙; 发情期; 老一套,惯例
If you say that someone is in 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 is in a rut.
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。
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。
A rut is a deep, narrow mark made in the ground by the wheels of a vehicle.
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 deep ruts left by the trucks' heavy wheels.
卡车沉重的轮子留下的很深的车辙
The rut is 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.
...two elks sparring during the autumn rut.
两头麋鹿在秋季的发情期互相打斗
...a stag in rut.
发情期的牡鹿
1. a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by wheels)
2. a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
3. applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened sexual arousal and activity
1. be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
2. hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove;
They fell into a conversational rut.
他们陷入了老套的对话中.
A good rut like 200 years of decracy or a bad rut like UNICEF?
是200年民主的好惯例还是联合国儿童基金的怀惯例?
We always settle into a rut but cannot show our own efforts.
我们总是陷入一种几乎一样的路子而简直没有展示出自己的努力.
The detective followed the rut made by the jeep.
侦探追寻着吉普留下的车辙痕迹.
Billy: They say that a rut is a grave with the ends kicked out.
比利: 他们说一成不变的生活是无底的坟墓.