| 单词 | treadmill |
| 释义 | Related topics: Powertread·mill /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 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Examples from the Corpustreadmill• Join 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.tread·mill nounChineseSyllable a of piece exercise large that Corpus equipment has a |
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