| 词汇 | clockwork |
| 释义 | clockworkWord family nounclockerclockmakerclock speedclockworkclockadverbclockwiseadjectiveclocked Power clock·work /ˈklɒk-wɜːk $ ˈklɑːk-wɜːrk/ noun [uncountableU] 1 TP British EnglishBrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key 〔玩具上的〕发条装置 mechanical toys powered by clockwork 以发条为动力的机械玩具 The tape was driven by a clockwork motor. 带子由发条式马达驱动。 2 go/run like clockwork SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto happen in exactly the way you had planned 顺利地进行 The concert went like clockwork. 音乐会进行得很顺利。 Examples from the Corpus go/run like clockwork• Then we had been surprised when our ascent of the nearby Jankopiti had gone like clockwork.• Sometimes it ran like clockwork, sometimes-as I wrote at the time-it ran like the movie Clockwise.• Whereas Prost had been delayed as the Ferrari mechanics fiddled with the right-rear wheel, Senna's stop went like clockwork.• A universe that ran like clockwork also evinced design.• And if Lais and Leonore created the promised diversion the plan would go like clockwork. 3 like clockwork (also (as) regular as clockwork)REGULAR happening at the same time and in the same way every time 非常准时的；极有规律的 Matt came round each Friday, regular as clockwork. 马特每星期五过来，非常准时。 Examples from the Corpus like clockwork• At 6:30 every evening, like clockwork, Ari went out to milk the cows.• The charity event was well organized and ran like clockwork. 4. with clockwork precision/accuracy EXACTin an extremely exact way 极精确地 Examples from the Corpus clockwork• Every time they do it, it comes off like clockwork.• Like clockwork the three nurses and I followed along with the male radio voice and did a ten-minute exercise routine.• Many beginners start to practise their forms in a kind of clockwork, robotic manner.• He clicked the lever, and the clockwork motor whirred.• You don't have to play these cat and mouse games with your clockwork soldiers. |
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