Treadmill
['tredmɪl] or ['trɛdmɪl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a job involving drudgery and confinement.
(noun.) a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps.
(noun.) an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place.
埃尔希編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A mill worked by persons treading upon steps on the periphery of a wide wheel having a horizontal axis. It is used principally as a means of prison discipline. Also, a mill worked by horses, dogs, etc., treading an endless belt.
弗洛整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Was it right, even to soothe his grief--would it be possible, even if she promised--to work as in a treadmill fruitlessly? 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- We might as well be in a treadmill. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We trudge in the treadmill and call it love of our ancient institutions. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Cheered by this prospect, the precocious boy applied himself to his infantile treadmill, with increased vigour. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
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