資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Rut \Rut\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rutting}.]
To have a strong sexual impulse at the reproductive period;
-- said of deer, cattle, etc.
資料來源 : WordNet®
rut
n 1: a groove or furrow (especially one in soft earth caused by
wheels)
2: a settled and monotonous routine that is hard to escape;
"they fell into a conversational rut" [syn: {groove}]
3: applies to nonhuman mammals: a state or period of heightened
sexual arousal and activity [syn: {estrus}, {oestrus}, {heat}]
[ant: {anestrus}]
[also: {rutting}, {rutted}]
rutted
adj : full of ruts; "rutty farm roads" [syn: {rutty}]
rut
v 1: be in a state of sexual excitement; of male mammals
2: hollow out in the form of a furrow or groove; "furrow soil"
[syn: {furrow}, {groove}]
[also: {rutting}, {rutted}]
rutted
See {rut}