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treadmill

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tread·mill  (trdml)
n.
1.
a. A mechanism rotated by people treading on the moving steps of a wheel.
b. A similar device operated by an animal treading a continuous sloping belt.
2. An exercise device consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person can walk or jog while remaining in one place.
3. A monotonous task or set of tasks seeming to have no end.

treadmill [ˈtrɛdˌmɪl]
n
1. (Historical Terms) Also called treadwheel (formerly) an apparatus used to produce rotation, in which the weight of men or animals climbing steps on or around the periphery of a cylinder or wheel caused it to turn
2. a dreary round or routine
3. an exercise machine that consists of a continuous moving belt on which to walk or jog
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.treadmilltreadmill - an exercise device consisting of an endless belt on which a person can walk or jog without changing place
exercise device - a device designed to provide exercise for the user
2.treadmilltreadmill - a mill that is powered by men or animals walking on a circular belt or climbing steps
milling machinery, grinder, mill - machinery that processes materials by grinding or crushing
3.treadmilltreadmill - a job involving drudgery and confinement
job, line of work, occupation, business, line - the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"
Translations
treadmill [ˈtredmɪl] Nrueda f de andar (fig) → rutina f
back to the treadmill!¡volvamos al trabajo!
treadmill [ˈtrɛdmɪl] n
(= tiring task, job) → corvée f
He can expect a gruelling week on the publicity treadmill → Il peut s'attendre à une épuisante semaine de corvée promotionnelle.
(= piece of equipment) → tapis m roulant
treadmill
n (lit)Tretwerk nt; (fig)Tretmühle f; (in gym) → Laufband nt; to work in the treadmillauf dem Laufband trainieren
treadmill [ˈtrɛdˌmɪl] n (fig) to go back to the treadmilltornare alla solita routine
treadmill [ˈtrɛdˌmɪl] n (fig) to go back to the treadmilltornare alla solita routine


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She would, through habit, have yielded to his desire; not with any sense of submission or obedience to his compelling wishes, but unthinkingly, as we walk, move, sit, stand, go through the daily treadmill of the life which has been portioned out to us.
And he fell back into that artificial realm of imaginary greatness, and again- as a horse walking a treadmill thinks it is doing something for itself- he submissively fulfilled the cruel, sad, gloomy, and inhuman role predestined for him.
Fang to the House of Correction for one month; with the appropriate and amusing remark that since he had so much breath to spare, it would be more wholesomely expended on the treadmill than in a musical instrument.
 
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