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clockwork

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clock·work /ˈklɒk-wɜːk $ ˈklɑːk-wɜːrk/ noun [uncountableU]
1  TP British EnglishBrE clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them that makes them move when you turn a key 〔玩具上的〕發條裝置
mechanical toys powered by clockwork
以發條爲動力的機械玩具
The tape was driven by a clockwork motor.
帶子由發條式馬達驅動。
2  go/run like clockwork SUCCEED IN DOING somethingto happen in exactly the way you had planned 順利地進行
The concert went like clockwork.
音樂會進行得很順利。
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go/run like clockwork• Then we had been surprised when our ascent of the nearby Jankopiti had gone like clockwork.• Sometimes it ran like clockwork, sometimes-as I wrote at the time-it ran like the movie Clockwise.• Whereas Prost had been delayed as the Ferrari mechanics fiddled with the right-rear wheel, Senna's stop went like clockwork.• A universe that ran like clockwork also evinced design.• And if Lais and Leonore created the promised diversion the plan would go like clockwork.
3  like clockwork  (also (as) regular as clockwork)REGULAR happening at the same time and in the same way every time 非常準時的；極有規律的
Matt came round each Friday, regular as clockwork.
馬特每星期五過來，非常準時。
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like clockwork• At 6:30 every evening, like clockwork, Ari went out to milk the cows.• The charity event was well organized and ran like clockwork.
4. with clockwork precision/accuracy EXACTin an extremely exact way 極精確地
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clockwork• Every time they do it, it comes off like clockwork.• Like clockwork the three nurses and I followed along with the male radio voice and did a ten-minute exercise routine.• Many beginners start to practise their forms in a kind of clockwork, robotic manner.• He clicked the lever, and the clockwork motor whirred.• You don't have to play these cat and mouse games with your clockwork soldiers.
clock·work noun
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