groove

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groove /ɡruːv/ noun [countableC]

1 LINEa thin line cut into a hard surface 凹槽

The bolt slid easily into the groove.

插销顺畅地滑入凹槽。

a shallow groove cut into the cliff

悬崖上的一道浅槽

2 be stuck in a groove CHANGE/BECOME DIFFERENTto do something in the same way for a long time so that it becomes boring 墨守成规，一成不变

Our product range was stuck in a groove.

我们的产品线一成不变。

3 informal the beat of a piece of popular music 〔流行音乐的〕节奏

a hypnotic dub groove

迷幻的强节奏音乐

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groove• Then you cut a groove into the wood, so that the two pieces can be slotted together.• I get myself in sort of a groove.• Jazzy grooves and top-class rapping; this helped invent trip-hop and all manner of other dubious things.• This type of groove should be played very tight, smack on the beat at all times, but with a little bounce.• The music moves from ominous grooves to all-out instrumental pummeling of the listener -- all in the same piece.• As the lights went down and the groove got going, people started dancing.• Its blade was two-edged, and made of heavy bronze, the grooves chased like lotus stems.• The record player needle kept jumping out of the grooves.

Origin groove

(1300-1400) Dutch groeve

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