| 词汇 | clockwork |
| 释义 | clockwork 1 ENTRIES FOUND: clockwork (noun) clockwork /ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/ noun clockwork /ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/ noun Learner's definition of CLOCKWORK [noncount] 1 : the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old-fashioned toy) that makes its parts move齿轮发条装置 the clockwork inside a mechanical toy soldier机械玩具士兵里的齿轮发条装置 2 — used to describe something that happens or works in a very regular and exact way有规律的，精确的，顺利的（用于描述某事的发生） Every morning, like clockwork, customers line up outside the front door of the bakery.每天早晨，顾客们必定在面包房外排队。 Their wedding went (off) like clockwork. [=their wedding went very smoothly; everything in the wedding happened the way they planned]他们的婚礼非常顺利地按计划进行。 The birds return each year, (as) regular as clockwork.鸟儿们每年有规律地按期飞回。 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前 The work was done with clockwork precision.这项工作完成得非常精准。 They return with clockwork regularity.他们非常有规律地返回。 a clockwork operation精准的手术 |
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