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Groundhog Day
noun[ Cusually singular ]
uk /ˈɡraʊnd.hɒɡ ˌdeɪ/ us /ˈɡraʊnd.hɑːɡ ˌdeɪ/
in the US, 2 February, which, according to an old story, is the day the groundhog wakes up after sleeping through the winter. If it sees its shadow on this day, there will be six more weeks of winter, and if it does not, spring will start early.（美国每年2月2日的）土拨鼠节
a situation in which events that have happened before happen again, in what seems to be exactly the same way: 过去发生的事情又再次同样发生，周而复始
Once again, we had an agreement, we all shook hands, and once again they come back and say no. I guess this is Groundhog Day.我们又一次达成协议，又一次握手，而他们又一次回来说不行。周而复始。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Repeating an action
be at it againidiom
be/sound like a broken recordidiom
binge-watch
bingeable
blitz
déjà vu
here we go (again)idiom
iteration
iterative
iteratively
keep on doing something
keep your eye inidiom
repetitive
replicable
reprise
reproduce
reproducible
reproducibly
reread
rewrite
Groundhog Day | American Dictionary
Groundhog Day
noun[ U ]
us/ˈɡrɑʊndˌhɔɡ ˌdeɪ, -ˌhɑɡ/
in the US, February 2nd, which according to an old story, is the day the groundhog wakes up after sleeping through the winter. If it sees its shadow on this day, there will be six more weeks of winter, and if it does not, spring will start early.
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