rote

1. N a habitual or mechanical routine or procedure 習慣的過程; 機械式的過程

2. N-UNCOUNT Rote learning or learning by rote is learning things by repeating them without thinking about them or trying to understand them. 死記硬背[N n, 'by' N]

He is very sceptical about the value of rote learning. 他十分懷疑死記硬背學習的價值。

3. N an ancient violin-like musical instrument; crwth 羅塔琴