the ruck ordinary people or things, that you consider boring普通人,庸众;寻常事
Carter's brilliant second novel lifted her out of the ruck (of average writers).卡特的第二部小说非常出色,使她(从一般的平庸作家中)脱颖而出。
[ C ] specialized sports a group of players in rugby who are all together around the ball(橄榄球比赛中)逼攻争球的一群队员