cut a groove
collocation开槽；切出沟槽
The carpenter cut a groove in the board to join the pieces.
木匠在木板上开了一个槽，以便把几块板接起来。
沟槽；凹槽
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沟槽；凹槽
A long, narrow channel or furrow in a surface, such as a cut or rut.
Many office workers fall into a daily groove that feels impossible to break.
许多办公室职员陷入了一种觉得无法打破的日常常规。
长而窄的槽或凹陷；例如,为工程部件提供位置的硬材料槽、轮胎槽或地质槽或凹陷
A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location for an engineering component, a tire groove, or a geological channel or depression.
沟槽(自然或工具形成的长窄凹槽,如唱片纹路)
a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record)
固定的常规
A fixed routine.
千篇一律的常规(难以摆脱的固定单调例行公事)
a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape
She was tired of the same old groove and longed for adventure.
她厌倦了同样的老一套，渴望冒险。
Getting out of a comfortable groove can be challenging but rewarding.
摆脱舒适的老一套可能具有挑战性，但却有益。
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开槽；切出沟槽
The carpenter cut a groove in the board to join the pieces.
木匠在木板上开了一个槽，以便把几块板接起来。
唱片纹路
The needle follows the record groove and converts the bumps into sound.
唱针沿着唱片纹路移动，把凸起转成声音。
轮胎沟槽
Deep tire grooves are essential for driving on rainy roads.
深的轮胎沟槽对于在雨天开车至关重要。
找到节奏；进入状态
After a few minutes, the dancers got into the groove and moved as one.
几分钟后，舞者们找到了节奏，动作整齐划一。
陷于老一套；墨守成规
He has been stuck in a groove for years, never trying anything new.
他多年来一直墨守成规，从不尝试新事物。
处于最佳状态；得心应手
After the first song, the band was really in the groove.
唱完第一首歌后，乐队真的进入了状态。
进入状态；找到节奏
It took a few weeks to get into a groove at my new job.
我花了几周时间才适应新工作的节奏。
陷入一成不变的常规；墨守成规
He felt stuck in a groove, doing the same thing every day.
他觉得自己陷入了常规，每天做着同样的事情。
进入节奏吧，男孩，你得证明你爱我。
This lyric is from Madonna's 1985 hit 'Into the Groove'.
这句歌词出自麦当娜1985年的热门歌曲《Into the Groove》。
律动就在心中。
This hook comes from Deee-Lite's 1990 dance hit 'Groove Is in the Heart'.
这句副歌出自Deee-Lite乐队1990年的舞曲热歌《Groove Is in the Heart》。
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看拼写：groove 里的两个 o 像并排的凹槽，联想“沟槽”；唱针沿槽滑动，又引申出“律动、老一套”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：manufacturing、geology、audio recordings “groove”表示物体表面的长窄凹槽，属于中性词，多用于技术性或科普性描写，如机械部件、地质结构或唱片纹路。日常口语中较少直接用这个词，通常会用“槽”或“缝”等更简单的说法。
与 groove 押韵的有 prove、move、remove、approve、improve，均以 /uːv/ 结尾；注意 dove（/dʌv/）、glove（/ɡlʌv/）、shove（/ʃʌv/）和 grove（/ɡroʊv/）虽然拼写相近，但发音不同，不能仅凭拼写判断读音。
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