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（人、生活或工作）刻板乏味，一成不變，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.
例句
I don't like being in a rut — I like to keep moving on...
我不喜歡一成不變的生活——我喜歡不斷進取。
Many over 30s feel stuck in a financial rut.
很多超過30歲的人都覺得自己的經濟狀況很難有所改變。
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車轍
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.
當駛近路上的車轍時，我們的司機放慢了速度。
...the deep ruts left by the trucks' heavy wheels.
卡車沉重的輪子留下的很深的車轍
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(動物的)發情期
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.
例句
...two elks sparring during the autumn rut.
兩頭麋鹿在秋季的發情期互相打斗
...a stag in rut.
發情期的牡鹿