rutting season
collocation发情期；交配期
The forest echoes with deer calls during rutting season.
发情期间，森林里回响着鹿鸣声。
发情；处于发情期
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发情；处于发情期
be in the annual rut or mating season
During autumn, male deer start rutting and become very aggressive.
在秋季，雄鹿开始发情并变得非常有攻击性。
处于发情期或交配季节
To be in the annual rut or mating season.
开沟
To make a furrow.
进行性交
To have sexual intercourse.
rut
Base
原形
ruts
3rd person
第三人称单数
rutting
-ing
现在分词
rutted
Past
过去式
rutted
Past participle
过去分词
The tractor ruts the field every spring.
拖拉机每年春天在田地里留下车辙。
He rutted the road with his cart.
他的马车在路上压出了车辙。
The wheels have rutted the path deeply.
车轮深深地在路上留下了车辙。
规则动词 rut（挖槽；发情）的变化形式
The heavy truck rutted the soft ground, leaving deep tracks.
重型卡车在松软的地面上留下了深深的车辙。
Every year, the bull elk ruts in early October.
每年，公麋鹿在十月初发情。
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发情期；交配期
The forest echoes with deer calls during rutting season.
发情期间，森林里回响着鹿鸣声。
处于发情期的雄性
Rutting males often clash antlers to win a mate.
发情期的雄性经常用鹿角争斗以赢得配偶。
在秋天发情
Many deer species rut in autumn.
许多鹿在秋天发情。
有车辙的小路
The farm truck rutted the muddy track after the rain.
雨后，农用卡车在泥泞的小路上压出了车辙。
陷入一成不变的状态
I've been in a rut at work lately.
我最近工作陷入了老一套。
开始过枯燥单调的生活
Don't get into a rut; try new things.
不要陷入单调的生活，要尝试新事物。
摆脱一成不变的状态
He needed a vacation to get out of his rut.
他需要休假来摆脱一成不变的状态。
我陷入了困境。
From The Killers' song 'Rut' (2017), about feeling trapped in a bleak emotional state.
出自杀手乐队2017年的歌曲《Rut》，表达陷入消极情绪困境、难以挣脱的感受。
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联想鹿在发情期(rut)狂奔，在泥路上踏出深沟(rut)——两个意思都记住了。
语域：formal 常见场景：wildlife documentaries、biological research、nature writing 作动词表示动物进入发情期，多用于描述鹿类等有明显繁殖季节的哺乳动物；常见于野生动物纪录片、生物学文章等较书面或正式的语境，日常口语中使用较少。
作为及物动词时意为(在…上)挖槽，作为不及物动词时意为(动物)发情。
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