clockwork

英 [ˈklɒkwɜːk]

美 [ˈklɑːkwɜːrk]

n.  (有类似时钟齿轮和发条装置的)机械; 齿轮发条装置

电力

Collins.1 / BNC.18929 / COCA.18587

习惯用语

n.

go/run like clockwork
• 按计划进行；进展顺利
  to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems

牛津词典

noun

• （有类似时钟齿轮和发条装置的）机械；齿轮发条装置
  machinery with wheels and springs like that inside a clock
  1. clockwork toys (= toys that you wind up with a key)
     有齿轮发条装置的玩具
  2. He is home by six every day regular as clockwork .
     他每天六点回家，非常准时。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ (玩具或装置)装有发条的
  Aclockworktoy or device has machinery inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound up with a key.
  1. ...a clockwork train-set.
     上发条的玩具火车
• PHRASE 很顺利地;准时地；很有规律地
  If you say that something happenslike clockwork, you mean that it happens without any problems or delays, or happens regularly.
  1. The Queen's holiday is arranged to go like clockwork, everything pre-planned to the minute...
     女王的假期安排得井井有条，所有活动都已提前把时间精确计划好了。
  2. He reorganized Standard Brands twice a year, like clockwork.
     每年他必对标牌公司进行两次改组。

英英释义

noun

• any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring

双语例句

• This machine behaves like clockwork.
  这台机器性能无毛病。
• The Queen's holiday is arranged to go like clockwork, everything pre-planned to the minute
  女王的假期安排得井井有条，所有活动都已提前把时间精确计划好了。
• Well, we can take a fairly big supply of clockwork types again this year.
  唔，我们今年可望再订购相当数量的发条装置型。
• But he says the NASA team and other project scientists made the mission happen like clockwork.
  但他说美国航空航天局队和其它项目科学家象钟表机构制作使命发生。
• Again,( like clockwork), people counted us out, they didn't give us a chance to stand up to the mighty Lakers.
  再一次的，人们开始预言我们的出局，他们甚至不给我们和强大的湖人对抗到底的机会。
• And my father collected clockwork toys.
  我父亲收集了这些机械玩具。
• Mainly clockwork. The electrically operated are in the next section.
  主要是发条装置，电动操作的在下一个部分。
• The great thing about the technology market is new opportunities show up every couple of years, like clockwork.
  科技界最棒的一点是，每隔几年就一定会出现新的机遇。
• This occurred like clockwork about every half hour until sunrise.
  就像上了发条似的这声音每半个小时响一次，一直持续到天亮。
• The attack was carried out with clockwork precision.
  进攻像钟表机械一样精确无误地完成了。