1N-COUNT [usually singular, usu in aN](人、生活或工作)刻板乏味,一成不变,老一套 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. (人、生活或工作)刻板乏味,一成不变,老一套 [disapproval]
I don't like being in a rut — I like to keep moving on.
3N-SING [usually theNOUN, also inN](动物的)发情期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. (动物的)发情期
ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤deep深深的車轍▸➤wheel車轍▸➤wagon (especially NAmE) 載重馬車車轍PREPOSITION➤in a rut, into a rut (bothfigurative) 刻板乏味◇My job bores me-I feel I'm in a rut.我的工作讓我厭煩 - 我覺得自己的生活很枯燥。◇I got into a rut, cooking the same things week after week.我每週都重複做着同樣的飯菜。➤out of a rut (figurative) 擺脫陳規舊習◇Moving to San Francisco gave her the chance to get out of a rut.搬到舊金山讓她得以擺脫一成不變的生活。