clockwork

noun

1. （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。

1. 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.
   1. ...a clockwork train-set.
      上发条的玩具火车
2. 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.
   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。

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。
3. 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。
4. And my father collected clockwork toys.
   我父亲收集了这些机械玩具。
5. The daemon then executes them, well, like clockwork.
   然后，这个守护进程就按照配置执行它们。
6. 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。
7. After Newton, philosophers conceived a clockwork universe.
   在牛顿（Newton）之后，哲学家构想出了一种类似发条装置的宇宙。
8. Made from a standard Clockwork Decoy and the Wonder Drug, this little miracle senses when you're hurt and applies the appropriate dosage!
   由一个标准“发条诱饵装置”和“奇迹药”制成，在你受伤时这个小玩意会自动感知并且使用适当的剂量！
9. 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。
10. This office is run with clockwork efficiency.
    办公室的工作像钟一样有效率。
11. 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。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. The child laughed at the sight ofthe clockwork toy.
    孩子看到有发条装置的玩具时笑了。
17. 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？
18. The fear that humans might merely be the sum of simple clockwork tricks and substances.
    人类是否被还原成了简单的机构和物质的这一恐惧。
19. This machine behaves like clockwork.
    这台机器性能无毛病。
20. 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！
21. 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。
22. The plan went off like clockwork.
    这一计划执行的像时钟一样准确。
23. 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。
24. She arrives every day at five, regular as clockwork.
    她每天五点钟到，极有规律。
25. 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。
26. 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。
27. The arrangements for the holiday went like clockwork.
    度假的各项安排进行得很顺利。
28. My daughter always calls me on Friday evenings, regular as clockwork.
    我女儿每星期五晚上必打电话给我。
29. 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。
30. This model moved by clockwork.
    这个模型是藉发条装置移动的。

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

noun

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