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nounPlural ruts rʌtrət 1A long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. 车辙 a stretch of road made impassable by ruts, holes, or waterlogging Example sentencesExamples - Trees have been removed and deep wheel ruts can be seen among the overgrown weeds.
- It was winter and the delta was full when they found themselves on the notorious Swamp Road, a 25 km sticky, muddy and unpredictable mess of tracks and axle deep ruts.
- He opines that agricultural vehicles have caused the ruts.
- During wet weather it is impossible for pedestrians to use parts of the pavement because of the deep ruts and puddles.
- Walkers have complained that the activity spoiled their peace and say that the bikes have ruined paths by causing deep ruts which will stop spring flowers such as bluebells and daffodils from making their usual appearance.
- I miscalculated the opening right-hand corner and the wheels got stuck in the deep ruts.
- He had been standing at the back of the float surrounded by presents when the front wheel dropped into a deep rut and he was thrown to the ground.
- The pavement ended and I wound through potholes and deep ruts wider than three of my tires put together.
- This resulted in deep ruts and heavy vehicle tyre tracks leaving it looking like a ploughed field.
- With sharp rocks and deep ruts, crews had to strike the right balance between setting fast times and ensuring a reliable finish.
- The wheels of her buggy had struck a deep rut on the shoulder of the road, and the vehicle was leaning at a precarious angle.
- I perch in the middle of the bench seat in the back, my knees knocking into everyone as the road turns from deep ruts into ravaged riverbed.
- My household bought a load of base course for our part of the road, but the ruts are getting progressively deeper.
- This is not unlike getting wheels stuck in mud, and spinning them until the rut is deeper.
- The wheels of the heavily laden wagons ground deep ruts into the soil.
- Unseasonal rains have turned the wheel ruts into snaking rivers and the going is hard and heavy.
- In the afternoon the stages were a lot cleaner and less slippery than they were in the morning, although it was quite rough with several deep ruts.
- The surface is flat but uneven, closer attention must be paid to ankle-twisting ground below, especially those stretches where tire ruts are deepest.
- Within a few horse length's the track opened, and became wider, and I saw what looked like wheel ruts in the soft reddish soil.
- His decision was based on complaints from environmental campaigners about 4x4s causing deep ruts and mud on the ancient path.
Synonyms wheel track, furrow, groove, track, trough, ditch, trench, gutter, gouge, crack, hollow, hole, pothole, cavity, crater 2A habit or pattern of behaviour that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. 〈喻〉老规矩，老一套，常规，惯例 the EC was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction 欧洲共同体变得墨守成规，正在迷失方向。 Example sentencesExamples - Some people in the chattering classes have characterised it as dull and in a rut but that is far from the truth.
- I knew I had it in me to try harder but we were both stuck in a rut and using drugs.
- Stuck in a rut and earning a pittance in a hilariously misconceived Dublin production of Shakespeare's Richard III, the pair are rooted in the grim realities of a business based on illusions, and are at an all time low.
- Men stuck in a rut and branded ‘losers’ in life's achievement stakes are getting the chance to come in from the cold by a new Government-funded advice service.
- At senior level, permanent staff who feel stuck in a rut often enter the contract market looking for a change in their job role and a better quality of life.
Synonyms boring routine, humdrum existence, routine job, same old round, groove, grind, daily grind, treadmill, dead end, assembly line
Derivativesadjectiveruttiest, ruttier ˈrʌtiˈrədi Wagons repeatedly broke down on the rutty roads, and men as well as horses were exhausted by the hardships of travel over the long distances. Example sentencesExamples - The dust on the rutty overgrown road turned to muddy deep puddles as the rain set in and, on evenings when the skies cleared a little, killdeer and nighthawks could be heard once more.
- The more we drive in the same rutty tracks, the deeper the ruts become and the more difficult it is to respond to situations or live our lives in a fresh and open way.
OriginLate 16th century: probably from Old French rute (see route). In the days of horse-drawn vehicles a cartwheel travelling many times along the same track would carve out a deep groove or rut. The deeper the rut became, the more difficult it would be to follow any other route. Someone following a fixed, and probably rather tedious, pattern of behaviour is in a rut. Rut in this sense is probably from Old French rute, also the source of route (Middle English) which both go back to Latin rupta (via) ‘broken (way)’. Route is also the origin of routine (late 17th century) for something that is like travelling the same road again. Rupta is the source of rout (Middle English) for a decisive defeat, from the idea of a broken army. The rut of male deer is a different word. In the breeding season stags challenge one another by roaring calls, when they are in rut: here rut probably comes from Latin rugire ‘to roar’ (see also rail).
Rhymesabut, but, butt, cut, glut, gut, hut, intercut, jut, Mut, mutt, phut, putt, scut, shortcut, shut, slut, smut, strut, tut, undercut nounPlural ruts rʌtrət An annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females. （雄鹿和其他一些哺乳动物的）发情期 Example sentencesExamples - Older bulls lose their antlers in December, following the rut, while the younger males may keep theirs as late as February.
- Kidney mass thus increases in males from the stressful rut period in early winter to the summer months.
- Guarding males are thought to forage less during the rut than do nonguarding males, possibly leading to greater fitness costs.
- Lust-crazed stags in rut are spotted by intrepid early - birds on the Skye Deck, as seals and otters play in the foamy waters off the Summer Isles.
- For stags the season was set to coincide with the rut, the time of year when they are most active and impressive and, according to estate owners, represent the finest sporting quarry.
- The topi rut typically lasts 1.5 months and takes place during the long rains between March and May.
- The annual rut, or breeding cycle, peaks in deep South Texas during late December, and cold conditions will coincide with the movement.
- Male reindeer, known as bulls, shed their antlers after the autumn rut and they are no longer dominant.
- For the duration of the rut, territorial bulls within smelling distance of cows will barely pause long enough to munch a mouthful of grass.
- Males and females live separately, except during the rut, which is in September.
- Her father had often warned her to stay clear of male animals in rut, for they were dangerous.
- Trout will continue to feed on salmon fry; moose will battle during rut season; forests will erupt in a volcanic splendor of color late every fall.
- Apart from the distinct rutting behavior, one of the most pronounced features seen in many ungulates is the difference in habitat utilization before the rut season.
verbruts, rutted, rutting rʌtrət [no object]often as adjective rutting(of a deer or other mammal) engage in the rut. 一只发情的成年牡鹿。 Example sentencesExamples - Theories behind the formations have ranged from warnings from extra terrestrials, the result of the Earth's magnetic field, secret military experiments, frantically rutting hedgehogs, or two men with a plank of wood and a rope.
- But when the heart gets involved, all our painfully acquired metaphysical insights go right out the window, and we're reduced to battling it out like rutting chimpanzees.
- With only a couple of exceptions, rutting activity is finished or nearly so.
- At this time of year it's rutting season for the deer, which means that stags are particularly aggressive and could attack dogs.
- Conventionally male and female caribou are assumed to congregate on rutting areas, which I believe is usually true for Peary caribou.
- But in the Scottish highlands, surrounded by rutting males, the cold truth was horribly different
- The deer were not rutting but grazing, presumably the sex done with for the year.
- Figure 3 shows mass change for bighorn rams 1 year and older in relation to the proportion of time spent in rutting activities during the rut from 2000-2002.
- The sparring between bulls during rutting season can be extremely violent.
- This is what a courting / rutting male guinea pig does.
- They are abundant in this area, and in the autumn the sound of the stags rutting reverberates.
Derivativesadjective ˈrʌtɪʃˈrədɪʃ Sows that are ruttish will seek out the boar.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire 'to roar'. nounrətrət 1A long deep track made by the repeated passage of the wheels of vehicles. 车辙 Example sentencesExamples - It was winter and the delta was full when they found themselves on the notorious Swamp Road, a 25 km sticky, muddy and unpredictable mess of tracks and axle deep ruts.
- With sharp rocks and deep ruts, crews had to strike the right balance between setting fast times and ensuring a reliable finish.
- This resulted in deep ruts and heavy vehicle tyre tracks leaving it looking like a ploughed field.
- My household bought a load of base course for our part of the road, but the ruts are getting progressively deeper.
- In the afternoon the stages were a lot cleaner and less slippery than they were in the morning, although it was quite rough with several deep ruts.
- He opines that agricultural vehicles have caused the ruts.
- During wet weather it is impossible for pedestrians to use parts of the pavement because of the deep ruts and puddles.
- Trees have been removed and deep wheel ruts can be seen among the overgrown weeds.
- He had been standing at the back of the float surrounded by presents when the front wheel dropped into a deep rut and he was thrown to the ground.
- The wheels of her buggy had struck a deep rut on the shoulder of the road, and the vehicle was leaning at a precarious angle.
- Within a few horse length's the track opened, and became wider, and I saw what looked like wheel ruts in the soft reddish soil.
- The surface is flat but uneven, closer attention must be paid to ankle-twisting ground below, especially those stretches where tire ruts are deepest.
- This is not unlike getting wheels stuck in mud, and spinning them until the rut is deeper.
- I perch in the middle of the bench seat in the back, my knees knocking into everyone as the road turns from deep ruts into ravaged riverbed.
- His decision was based on complaints from environmental campaigners about 4x4s causing deep ruts and mud on the ancient path.
- I miscalculated the opening right-hand corner and the wheels got stuck in the deep ruts.
- The pavement ended and I wound through potholes and deep ruts wider than three of my tires put together.
- Unseasonal rains have turned the wheel ruts into snaking rivers and the going is hard and heavy.
- The wheels of the heavily laden wagons ground deep ruts into the soil.
- Walkers have complained that the activity spoiled their peace and say that the bikes have ruined paths by causing deep ruts which will stop spring flowers such as bluebells and daffodils from making their usual appearance.
Synonyms wheel track, furrow, groove, track, trough, ditch, trench, gutter, gouge, crack, hollow, hole, pothole, cavity, crater 2A habit or pattern of behavior that has become dull and unproductive but is hard to change. 〈喻〉老规矩，老一套，常规，惯例 the administration was stuck in a rut and was losing its direction 欧洲共同体变得墨守成规，正在迷失方向。 Example sentencesExamples - Stuck in a rut and earning a pittance in a hilariously misconceived Dublin production of Shakespeare's Richard III, the pair are rooted in the grim realities of a business based on illusions, and are at an all time low.
- Some people in the chattering classes have characterised it as dull and in a rut but that is far from the truth.
- At senior level, permanent staff who feel stuck in a rut often enter the contract market looking for a change in their job role and a better quality of life.
- I knew I had it in me to try harder but we were both stuck in a rut and using drugs.
- Men stuck in a rut and branded ‘losers’ in life's achievement stakes are getting the chance to come in from the cold by a new Government-funded advice service.
Synonyms boring routine, humdrum existence, routine job, same old round, groove, grind, daily grind, treadmill, dead end, assembly line
OriginLate 16th century: probably from Old French rute (see route). nounrətrət the rutAn annual period of sexual activity in deer and some other mammals, during which the males fight each other for access to the females. （雄鹿和其他一些哺乳动物的）发情期 Example sentencesExamples - Male reindeer, known as bulls, shed their antlers after the autumn rut and they are no longer dominant.
- The annual rut, or breeding cycle, peaks in deep South Texas during late December, and cold conditions will coincide with the movement.
- For the duration of the rut, territorial bulls within smelling distance of cows will barely pause long enough to munch a mouthful of grass.
- Apart from the distinct rutting behavior, one of the most pronounced features seen in many ungulates is the difference in habitat utilization before the rut season.
- The topi rut typically lasts 1.5 months and takes place during the long rains between March and May.
- Kidney mass thus increases in males from the stressful rut period in early winter to the summer months.
- Guarding males are thought to forage less during the rut than do nonguarding males, possibly leading to greater fitness costs.
- Trout will continue to feed on salmon fry; moose will battle during rut season; forests will erupt in a volcanic splendor of color late every fall.
- Her father had often warned her to stay clear of male animals in rut, for they were dangerous.
- Older bulls lose their antlers in December, following the rut, while the younger males may keep theirs as late as February.
- For stags the season was set to coincide with the rut, the time of year when they are most active and impressive and, according to estate owners, represent the finest sporting quarry.
- Males and females live separately, except during the rut, which is in September.
- Lust-crazed stags in rut are spotted by intrepid early - birds on the Skye Deck, as seals and otters play in the foamy waters off the Summer Isles.
verbrətrət [no object]often as adjective ruttingEngage in rutting. 一只发情的成年牡鹿。 Example sentencesExamples - Theories behind the formations have ranged from warnings from extra terrestrials, the result of the Earth's magnetic field, secret military experiments, frantically rutting hedgehogs, or two men with a plank of wood and a rope.
- With only a couple of exceptions, rutting activity is finished or nearly so.
- Figure 3 shows mass change for bighorn rams 1 year and older in relation to the proportion of time spent in rutting activities during the rut from 2000-2002.
- This is what a courting / rutting male guinea pig does.
- At this time of year it's rutting season for the deer, which means that stags are particularly aggressive and could attack dogs.
- But in the Scottish highlands, surrounded by rutting males, the cold truth was horribly different
- But when the heart gets involved, all our painfully acquired metaphysical insights go right out the window, and we're reduced to battling it out like rutting chimpanzees.
- The sparring between bulls during rutting season can be extremely violent.
- They are abundant in this area, and in the autumn the sound of the stags rutting reverberates.
- The deer were not rutting but grazing, presumably the sex done with for the year.
- Conventionally male and female caribou are assumed to congregate on rutting areas, which I believe is usually true for Peary caribou.
OriginLate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin rugitus, from rugire ‘to roar’. |