clockwork是什么意思？

clockwork

英[ˈklɒkwɜ:k] 美[ˈklɑkwɜrk]

• n. （玩具、钟表等上面的）发条装置，钟表机械；

例句

• The sports day went like clockwork, with every race starting and finishing on time. 运动会进展顺利，所有赛事都准时开始，准时结束。
• I'm telling you, Colombians are like clockwork, right? 告诉你, 哥伦比亚人就像钟表一样, 对 吧 ?
• 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.
• 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.
• She arrives every day at eight, as regular as clockwork. 她每天八点钟到, 极有规律
• He reorganized Standard Brands twice a year, like clockwork. 每年他必对标牌公司进行两次改组。
• 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。
• ...a clockwork train-set. 上发条的玩具火车

词组

• as regular as clockwork
  very regularly; repeatedly and predictably 极规律地；反复单调地
• like clockwork
  With machinelike regularity and precision; perfectly 精确地，有规律地：类似机器的规律和准确地；精确地

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ
  (玩具或装置)装有发条的
  A clockwork toy or device has machinery inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound up with a key.
  例句
  ...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 happens like clockwork, you mean that it happens without any problems or delays, or happens regularly.
  例句
  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。 He reorganized Standard Brands twice a year, like clockwork. 每年他必对标牌公司进行两次改组。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (玩具、钟表等上面的) 发条装置
  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。
  按计划进行；进展顺利
  The sports day went like clockwork, with every race starting and finishing on time. 运动会进展顺利，所有赛事都准时开始，准时结束。

英英词典释义

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