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treadmill

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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tread·mill /ˈtredˌmɪl/ noun  1. treadmill.jpg [countable] a piece of exercise equipment that has a large belt around a set of wheels, that you can walk or run on while staying in the same place 跑步机4  See picture on 见图 Page A10 Sports centre 体育运动中心5 see picture at 见图 gym2 [singular]BORING work or a way of life that seems very boring because you always have to do the same things 单调而枯燥的工作[生活] the treadmill of working in the office 单调枯燥的办公室工作3. [countable]TP a mill worked in the past by prisoners treading on steps fixed to a very large wheel 〔过去由犯人踩动踏板使大轮转动的〕踏车磨粉机
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treadmillJoin a gym or buy a treadmill?Each peahen is on a treadmill and dare not jump off lest she condemn her sons to celibacy.It has been described as bare-knuckle fighting without a ring and like setting toy mice on a treadmill.Here was a treadmill on which trainees got launched, often too quickly.Width often leads to superficiality and depth may produce a blinkered approach and an intellectual treadmill.An intensely private man, one can only assume the attractions of the year-round treadmill are wearing thin.And ask any worker about the treadmill, the maddening tedium.He ran two miles on the treadmill.
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treadmill
treadmill /ˈtredˌmɪl/ noun

1. [countable] a piece of exercise equipment that has a large belt around a set of wheels, that you can walk or run on while staying in the same place
2. [singular] work or a way of life that seems very boring because you always have to do the same things:
    the treadmill of working in the office
3. [countable] a mill worked in the past by prisoners treading on steps fixed to a very large wheel


tread·millBrE /ˈtredmɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtredmɪl/ 🔊 noun [singular] work or a way of life that is boring or tiring because it involves always doing the same things 枯燥无味的工作(或生活方式)I'd like to escape the office treadmill. 我想摆脱办公室的枯燥工作。🔊🔊 [countable] (especially in the past) a large wheel turned by the weight of people or animals walking on steps around its inside edge, and used to operate machinery (尤指旧时由人或牲畜踩动踏板使之转动的)踏车
[countable] an exercise machine that has a moving surface that you can walk or run on while remaining in the same place (锻炼身体的)跑步机,健走机