| 释义 |
groove
I. \ˈgrüv\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English grofe, groof; akin to Old High German gruoba pit, cave, Old Norse grōf, Gothic groba pit, cave, Old English grafan to dig — more at grave
1. dialect England : a mining shaft : mine
2.
a. : a long narrow hollow or channel made artificially in a surface: as
(1) : the rectangular rabbet in the edge of a board designed to receive the tongue of another board in matching
(2) : one of the spiral cuts of rifling
(3) : the indentation on the bottom of a piece of printing type between the feet — compare nick
(4) : one of the cuts made across the back of an unbound hand-sewn book designed to receive the cords that secure the covers of the book — called also kerf
(5) : the track on a phonograph record along which the stylus travels
b. : a long narrow depression occurring naturally on the surface of an organism or an anatomical part
c. : a long narrow furrow produced along a surface by a continuing erosive or otherwise wearing force (as of flowing water)
3.
a.
(1) : a fixed routine : settled course
< had hoped that the daily life on the farm would slip back into orderly grooves — Ellen Glasgow >
: habit, custom, practice
< will get you into the writing groove — Cy Lance >
(2) : an undeviating tiresomely predictable and often mechanical way of living or acting or thinking : rut
< walled in by authority which saw to it that he moved in a prescribed groove — W.P.Webb >
< far too many of us feel safer in grooves — F.A.Swinnerton >
< fail to realize how often their thoughts revolve in ancient grooves and circles — Thomas Munro >
b. : a situation (as a profession, a way of living or acting) best suited to one's abilities or interests : niche
< found his groove in advertising — Newsweek >
4. : an imaginary line from the pitcher to the catcher representing the course of a pitched ball in the game of baseball; especially : such a line passing over the center of the plate about waist high — usually used with the
< hurled the ball right down the groove >
5.
a. : top form
< after a couple of measures the jazz trio really got into the groove >
< a hot bath and a drink will put you back in the groove >
< it made no difference, when he was in the groove, what he chose to talk about — Henry Miller >
b. : currently favored style — usually used in the phrase in the groove
< a new song that's right in the groove >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1.
a.
(1) : to make a groove in : provide with a groove
< a set of scenery that is grooved and quickly movable >
(2) : to make a disc recording of
< grooving a popular song as soon as it is written >
b.
(1) : to join by a groove
< wide boards that had been grooved together >
(2) : to cause to be fixed into a groove : cause to be ingrained
< a deeply grooved habit of honesty >
c. : to hollow out in the form of a groove : furrow
< the experience that has been grooved into a person >
< the years had grooved her mind that way — Bob Hope >
2. : to execute (as the delivery of a ball, the swing of a golf club) with maximum control and effect
< grooved the ball down the bowling alley >
< developing a grooved swing >
especially : to pitch down the center of the groove
< grooved a fast ball past the batter >
intransitive verb
1. : to become settled into a groove : move in a groove
< grooving along in the routine of the job >
2. : to become joined or fitted by a groove
< elements of this rather intricate artistic pattern seem to groove into each other — Scott Fitzgerald >
3. : to form a groove
< eyes with faint white wrinkles at the corners that grooved merrily when he smiled — Ernest Hemingway >
III. adjective
: produced through a narrow deep opening formed at the free end of the tongue
< a groove fricative such as \s\ >
— compare slit
IV. verb
Etymology: from the phrase in the groove
transitive verb
1. : to enjoy appreciatively
< grooves exciting experiences >
2. : to excite pleasurably
< grooving their minds with cannabis — Stephen Nemo >
intransitive verb
1. : to enjoy oneself intensely : experience keen pleasure
< overachievers who groove on competition — Barry McDermott >
2. : to interact harmoniously
< contemporary minds and rock groove together — Benjamin De Mott >
V. noun
1. : an enjoyable, pleasurable, or exciting experience
2. : a pronounced enjoyable rhythm |