英语词汇“clockwork”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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And, like clockwork, they came: throngs of well-dressed art collectors and dealers, socialites, and fashion folk.
Kanye West Hosts Impromptu Listening Party During Art Basel Switzerland|Isabel Wilkinson|June 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST
I was channeling Jim Morrison and Malcolm McDowell from A Clockwork Orange.
Matthew McConaughey on ‘Magic Mike,’ Thongs & Losing Weight|Ramin Setoodeh|November 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There are set pieces and costumes from 2001: A Space Odyssey, artifacts from A Clockwork Orange, and costumes from The Shining.
A Starry Night: Los Angeles Honors Stanley Kubrick|Isabel Wilkinson|October 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Freedom is knowing the myriad moving parts of your professional life are operating like clockwork.
Your Week: What the Stars Hold|Starsky + Cox|September 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST

But Belle finds a way to get back, and like clockwork, her beast transforms from hideous to hot.
12 Sexed-Up Fairy Tales|Alex Berg|March 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The clockwork had been better adjusted than the slow match in the 'Fortune.'
History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete|John Lothrop Motley
I should like a little tin train, to go by clockwork on rails so.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892|Various
My Argentine greatly resents such a move, and tries to circle like a clockwork mouse.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.|Erskine Childers
Troop-trains from every part of the Fatherland arrived with the punctuality of clockwork.
The Invasion|William Le Queux
I dont think so said Bill, those things generally run by clockwork.
Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane|Dorothy Wayne

British Dictionary definitions for clockwork

clockwork

/ (ˈklɒkˌwɜːk) /

noun

the mechanism of a clock

any similar mechanism, as in a wind-up toy

like clockwork with complete regularity and precision

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	clockwork
释义	clockwork [ klok-wurk ] / ˈklɒkˌwɜrk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR clockwork ON THESAURUS.COM noun the mechanism of a clock. any mechanism similar to that of a clock. Idioms for clockwork like clockwork, with perfect regularity or precision: The launching of the spacecraft went off like clockwork. Origin of clockwork First recorded in 1620–30; clock¹ + work Words nearby clockwork clock-timer, clock up, clock watch, clock watcher, clockwise, clockwork, clockwork universe, clod, cloddish, clodhopper, clodhopping Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for clockwork And, like clockwork, they came: throngs of well-dressed art collectors and dealers, socialites, and fashion folk. Kanye West Hosts Impromptu Listening Party During Art Basel Switzerland\|Isabel Wilkinson\|June 13, 2013\|DAILY BEAST I was channeling Jim Morrison and Malcolm McDowell from A Clockwork Orange. Matthew McConaughey on ‘Magic Mike,’ Thongs & Losing Weight\|Ramin Setoodeh\|November 27, 2012\|DAILY BEAST There are set pieces and costumes from 2001: A Space Odyssey, artifacts from A Clockwork Orange, and costumes from The Shining. A Starry Night: Los Angeles Honors Stanley Kubrick\|Isabel Wilkinson\|October 28, 2012\|DAILY BEAST Freedom is knowing the myriad moving parts of your professional life are operating like clockwork. Your Week: What the Stars Hold\|Starsky + Cox\|September 4, 2011\|DAILY BEAST But Belle finds a way to get back, and like clockwork, her beast transforms from hideous to hot. 12 Sexed-Up Fairy Tales\|Alex Berg\|March 8, 2011\|DAILY BEAST The clockwork had been better adjusted than the slow match in the 'Fortune.' History of the United Netherlands, 1584-86, Vol. I. (of IV) Complete\|John Lothrop Motley I should like a little tin train, to go by clockwork on rails so. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, December 24, 1892\|Various My Argentine greatly resents such a move, and tries to circle like a clockwork mouse. In the Ranks of the C.I.V.\|Erskine Childers Troop-trains from every part of the Fatherland arrived with the punctuality of clockwork. The Invasion\|William Le Queux I dont think so said Bill, those things generally run by clockwork. Dorothy Dixon and the Mystery Plane\|Dorothy Wayne British Dictionary definitions for clockwork clockwork / (ˈklɒkˌwɜːk) / noun the mechanism of a clock any similar mechanism, as in a wind-up toy like clockwork with complete regularity and precision Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to clockwork regularity, accuracy, smoothness, consistency
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