rut
noun
uk/rʌt/us/rʌt/rutnoun(HOLE)
[C]
adeep,narrowmarkmade insoftgroundespeciallyby awheel
（在松软地面上压出的）沟，凹痕；（尤指）车辙
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Geography: caves, cracks & crevices
- bergschrund
- cavern
- chimney
- crack
- crater
- cratered
- crevice
- fissure
- furrow
- gouge
- gulf
- hole
- pit
- pore
- pothole
- relocation
- speleologist
- stalactite
- stalagmite
- the San Andreas Fault
rutnoun(SEXUALLY ACTIVE PERIOD)
[S]
theperiodof theyearduring whichparticularmaleanimals,especiallydeerandsheep, aresexuallyactive:
（尤指雄鹿、公羊等的）发情期Duringtherut,stagscan beseenfightingforfemales.在发情期，可以看到雄鹿为了争夺雌鹿而争斗。
in rut
(ofparticularmaleanimals)sexuallyexcited
（雄性动物）发情Animal reproduction
- androgen
- anti-oestrogen
- asexuality
- asexually
- barrenness
- calf
- embryology
- fertility
- fertilize
- fetal
- incubate
- infertile
- procreation
- procreative
- propagation
- rebreed
- remate
- reproductive
- semen
- spawning ground
Idiom
(stuck) in a rut