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If something turns clockwise, it turns the same way the hands of a clock move: from the top toward the right, then down, then left, and back up.
If something turns clockwise如果某個東西turns clockwise it turns the same way the hands of a clock move意思是它轉動的方向跟時鐘指針一樣： from the top toward the right從上面往右邊 then down再往下 then left再往左 and back up然後回到上面
People use it for screws, taps, , lids, and for moving around a circle ('start here and go clockwise'). You can say turn it clockwise, or a clockwise turn.
People use it人們會用它 for screws, taps, knobs, lids來講螺絲、水龍頭、旋鈕、蓋子 and for moving around a circle還有繞著一個圈移動 ('start here and go clockwise')（像是'start here and go clockwise'，從這裡開始順時針轉）。 You can say你可以說 turn it clockwiseturn it clockwise（把它順時針轉） or或是 a clockwise turna clockwise turn（一個順時針的轉動）
It is a clear, practical word, not a fancy one. The opposite is in American English and in British English.
It is a clear, practical word這是一個清楚、實用的字 not a fancy one不是一個花俏的字。 The opposite is它的反義詞 counterclockwise in American English美式英語說counterclockwise and anticlockwise in British English英式英語說anticlockwise
In real life the direction is tidy; the feeling is not always. A 'righty-tighty' screw goes clockwise on a normal thread, but not every cap or valve follows that, so people still get caught.
In real life在現實生活裡 the direction is tidy方向是固定的； the feeling is not always但感覺不一定總是這樣。 A 'righty-tighty' screw「righty-tighty」的螺絲 goes clockwise on a normal thread在正常的螺紋上是順時針鎖緊 but not every cap or valve follows that但不是每個蓋子或閥門都遵守這個規則 so people still get caught所以人們還是常常搞錯
組成From clock + -wise. -wise means 'in that manner / in that direction', so clockwise is 'in the way of a clock'.
同家族的字
- clockthe timepiece whose hands give the direction
- counterclockwisethe opposite direction, same -wise ending
- anticlockwiseBritish word for the opposite direction
- otherwiseshares the ending -wise, 'in that manner'
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
clockwiseadv/ˈklɒkwaɪz/
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In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
- Turn the handle clockwise to open it.
- The main — or cooking — kitchen is an inhumanly immaculate expanse of burner rings and countertops where, according to tradition, the stations move clockwise from canapé to entremetier.
clockwiseadj/ˈklɒkwaɪz/
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Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
- In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.
- The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。