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

• Sitting in a corner of Karaoke Bar, the green clockwork toy reminded me of my childhood.
  我坐在九度空间大厅的一个角落里，回忆起五岁时的童年，回忆起那只绿色的发条青蛙。
• An anonymous twenty-something London-based designer added: 'It's a running joke with my friends that every year around autumn time I get a new boyfriend, it's like clockwork.
  一位二十出头的匿名伦敦设计师补充说：我的朋友圈里流传着这样一个笑料，他们说每年快到秋天的时候，我就会有一个新男朋友，好像时钟周期一样。
• The child laughed at the sight ofthe clockwork toy.
  孩子看到有发条装置的玩具时笑了。
• This model moved by clockwork.
  这个模型是藉发条装置移动的。
• This machine behaves like clockwork.
  这台机器性能无毛病。
• The Mid-Autumn Festival does not give gifts, Clockwork SMS blessing you, with your long healthy and happy, good luck and you do not separation!
  中秋佳节不送礼，发条短信祝福你，健康快乐长伴你，好运和你不分离！
• The concert went like clockwork because Li Pei organized it so well.
  音乐会顺利地进行，因为李佩组织地相当好。
• He gave me a old clockwork frog and a harmonica.
  一并送给我的，还有一支只有七个音孔的小口琴。
• 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。
• Ledger also took inspiration from A Clockwork Orange ( 1971)'s Alex and Sid Vicious.
  希斯·莱杰同时也从《发条橙》（1971）里的爱雷克斯和席德·维休斯那里获得了灵感。