groove

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɡɹuːv/    美 /ɡɹuv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
  2. A fixed routine.
    — Through these distresses, the Odd Girl was cheerful and exemplary. But within four hours after dark we had got into a supernatural groove, and the Odd Girl had seen “Eyes,” and was in hysterics.
  3. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
  4. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
    — Now, what you hear is not a test, I'm rapping to the beat / And me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet
  5. A good feeling (often as in the groove). dated,informal
    — You can't hide forever, just decide to make it better / Turn it into something good / Remember, you can choose not to lose / Find your groove and be a winner
  6. A shaft or excavation.
  7. The optimal route around the track, or any of several such routes.
动词 v.
  1. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow. transitive
    — The path to my fixed purpose is laid with iron rails, whereon my soul is grooved to run.
  2. To perform, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music. intransitive
    — I was just starting to groove to the band when we had to leave.

词形变化

grooves plural grooves present,singular,third-person grooving participle,present grooved participle,past grooved past

词汇关系

衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”).
Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
词源 2
From Middle English grov, grove, groof, grofe (“cave; pit; mining shaft”), probably from Old Norse gróf (“pit”) or from Middle Dutch groeve (“furrow, ditch”), both from Proto-West Germanic *grōbu, from Proto-Germanic *grōbō (“groove, furrow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, scrape, bury”).
Cognate with Cimbrian gruuba (“gorge, ravine”), Dutch groef, groeve (“groove; pit, grave”), German Grube (“ditch, pit”), Luxembourgish Grouf (“pit, mine”), Mòcheno gruab (“mine”), Icelandic gróf (“pit, hollow”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐍉𐌱𐌰 (grōba, “foxhole”), Serbo-Croatian grèbati (“scratch, dig”). Related to Old English grafan (“to dig”). More at grave.
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