treadmill
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT 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. 單調的工作
He exhausted himself on an endless treadmill to pay for rent and food. 爲了支付房租和食物，他精力全都耗在了一份沒完沒了的單調工作上。
2. N-COUNT 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. 踏車
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treadmill /ˈtrɛdˌmɪl/ (treadmills)
剑桥词典
treadmill noun (REPEATED WORK)
[ 單數名詞 ]any type of repeated work that is boring and makes you feel tired and seems to have no positive effect and no end
繁重無聊的重複性工作
There were days when having kids seemed like an endless treadmill of feeding , washing , and nappy-changing. 過去養育孩子似乎就是永無休止的喂飯、洗衣和換尿佈，繁重而又單調。
treadmill noun (EXERCISE MACHINE)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]an exercise machine that consists of a moving strip or two step-like parts on which you walk without moving forward
（鍛鍊用的）踏步機，跑步機
treadmill noun (WHEEL)
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]a wide wheel turned by the weight of people climbing on steps around its edge , used in the past to provide power for machines or, more usually, as a punishment for prisoners
（過去通常用以懲罸犯人的）踏車 返回 treadmill