clockwork 英 [ˈklɒkwɜ:k]   美 [ˈklɑkwɜrk]

clockwork

clockwork  英 [ˈklɒkwɜ:k] 美 [ˈklɑkwɜrk]

n. 发条装置;钟表装置 

名词复数:clockworks 

All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious. 全部是依靠机械力,但有些是很有创意的。
While recessions hit some sectors hard, others go on like clockwork — or even experience growth. 当衰退重创一些行业时,另外一些却向上发展,像钟表机构——甚至在经历增长。

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  • n. 发条装置;钟表装置
  • 1. All clockwork, but some of them are quite ingenious.

    全部是依靠机械力,但有些是很有创意的。

  • 2. While recessions hit some sectors hard, others go on like clockwork — or even experience growth.

    当衰退重创一些行业时,另外一些却向上发展,像钟表机构——甚至在经历增长。

  • 3. Then he tucked the coal into the center of the clockwork, and placed it all on the skin, and wrapped it up tight into a cocoon shape.

    然后,他将这块煤块塞进钟件的中央,再把它全部放在皮革上,然后再把它紧紧地裹起来,裹成一个茧形。

  • clockwork (n.) also clock-work, 1660s, "machinery and movements of a clock," from clock (n.1) + work (n.). Figurative sense of "any regulated system of unvarying regularity" is recorded earlier (1620s); also as an adjective in this sense (1760s).
clock·work / ˈklɒkwɜːk ; NAmE ˈklɑːkwɜːrk / noun [uncountable ] machinery with wheels and springslike that inside a clock (有类似时钟齿轮和发条装置的)机械;齿轮发条装置 clockwork toys (= toys that you wind up with a key) 有齿轮发条装置的玩具 IDIOM go/run like ˈclockwork to happen according to plan; to happen without difficulties or problems 按计划进行;进展顺利 more at regular adj. clock·work / ˈklɒkwɜːk ; NAmE ˈklɑːkwɜːrk /
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