clockwork

英式音标：[ˈklɒkwɜ:k]

美式音标：[ˈklɑkwɜrk]

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概况：

n. 发条装置；钟表装置

词义：

n.

（玩具、钟表等上面的）发条装置；钟表机械；

英英释义

clockwork[ 'klɔkwə:k ]

n.any mechanism of geared wheels that is driven by a coiled spring; resembles the works of a mechanical clock

用法：

词组短语

like clockwork顺利地；极有规律性和准确性地

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

She arrives every day at five, (as) regular as clockwork.
她每天五点钟到，极有规律。

The milkman calls at seven-thirty every morning, regular as clockwork.
送奶人极有规律地在早晨7：30送来牛奶。

We can take a fairly big supply of clockwork types again this year.
我们今年可望再订购相当数量的“发条装置型”。

After the clockwork of the watch was cleaned, the watch kept perfect time.
那块表的发条装置擦干净后，走起来就非常精确了。

权威例句

Clockwork

The clockwork muse: The predictability of artistic change.

A clockwork web: circadian timing in brain and periphery, in health and disease.

Noisy clockwork: time series analysis of population fluctuations in animals.

Beyond a Clockwork Orange: Acquiring Second Language Vocabulary Through Reading.

Cyanobacterial circadian clockwork: roles of KaiA, KaiB and the kaiBC promoter in regulating KaiC

Minireview: Entrainment of the suprachiasmatic clockwork in diurnal and nocturnal mammals.

Horst, Cobb, & Meara 1998 – Beyond a Clockwork Orange- Acquiring Second Language Vocabulary through Reading.pdf

Functional Characterization of Phytochrome Interacting Factor 3 for the Arabidopsis thaliana Circadian Clockwork

Analysis of Clock Proteins in Mouse SCN Demonstrates Phylogenetic Divergence of the Circadian Clockwork and Resetting Mechanisms

同根词：clockwork,clockmaker

英语词源：

clockwork (n.)

also clock-work, 1660s, "mechanism of a clock," from clock (n.1) + work (n.). Figurative sense of "anything of unvarying regularity" is recorded earlier (1620s).

造句：

1. with clockwork precision

非常正确地

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. Everything went like clockwork.

每件事情均运转正常。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 学习

3. She used to come here every Saturday evening as regular as clockwork.

她过去每逢星期六傍晚必来此地。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. go (off) [run] like clockwork

<事情> 有规律[顺利]地进行

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. This machine behaves like clockwork.

这台机器性能无毛

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. In France, all is clockwork, all is order.

在法国，一切都有板有眼，一切都有条有理。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. The operation went like clockwork.

手术进行得极为顺利.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. The arrangements for the holiday went like clockwork.

度假的各项安排进行得很顺利。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. like clockwork

有规律地；精确地；准确无误地

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 短句参考

10. He is as regular as clockwork in his habits.

他的生活习惯非常有规律。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句