treadmill是什么意思？

treadmill

英[ˈtredmɪl] 美[ˈtrɛdˌmɪl]

• n. 踏车，单调的工作，（锻炼身体的）跑步机；

复数：treadmills;

例句

• The treadmill has a heart rate monitor. 跑步机上有个脉搏监视器.
• I'd like to escape the office treadmill. 我想摆脱办公室的枯燥工作。
• Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill. 斯托克斯先生可以预见下一周会被枯燥繁重的宣传工作搞得焦头烂额。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  枯燥(或繁重)的工作
  You can refer to a task or a job as a treadmill when you have to keep doing it although it is unpleasant and exhausting.
  例句
  Mr Stocks can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill. 斯托克斯先生可以预见下一周会被枯燥繁重的宣传工作搞得焦头烂额。
• N-COUNT
  踏车;跑步机
  A treadmill is a piece of equipment, for example an exercise machine, consisting of a wheel with steps around its edge or a continuous moving belt. The weight of a person or animal walking on it causes the wheel or belt to turn.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (锻炼身体的)跑步机,走步机
  The treadmill has a heart rate monitor. 跑步机上有个脉搏监视器。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
  2. a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
  3. a job involving drudgery and confinement

行业词典

• 体育： 活动平板；