the ruck ordinary people or things, that you consider boring普通人,庸衆;尋常事
Carter's brilliant second novel lifted her out of the ruck (of average writers).卡特的第二部小說非常出色,使她(從一般的平庸作家中)脫穎而出。
[ C ] specialized sports a group of players in rugby who are all together around the ball(橄欖球比賽中)逼攻爭球的一群隊員