ruts

1. [C]车辙；犁沟 deep track made by a wheel or wheels in soft ground;furrow
2. [C]常规，老规矩 a fixed and dull way of life

1. vt. 在(某物上）形成车辙 mark (sth) with ruts

• deep rut深深的车辙

• move in a rut按常规办事
• get into〔out of〕 a rut开始〔不再〕过刻板的生活

in a rut千篇一律；一成不变

1. The detective followed the rut made by the jeep.
   侦探追寻着吉普留下的车辙痕迹。
2. I found a fish lying in the rut of cartwheel.
   我发现一条鱼躺在马车的车辙中。
3. During the rut, the male deer can be very irritable.
   在发情期间，公鹿可能很易怒。
4. Environment can sometimes alter the rut age of an animal.
   有时环境可以改变动物发情的年龄。
5. You mustn't let yourself get into a rut.
   你不能陷入老一套。
6. You will not skid if you stay in a rut .
   如果墨守成规的话，你就不会溜滑了。
7. It works great, until we get stuck in rut and the ideas dry up.
   一开始这个方法很好，直到最后我们陷入了常规思维，想法枯竭。

1. The lane was rutted with tyre tracks.
   这小巷有车胎轧出的凹痕。