喜樂美語
  1. 1

    Clockwork is a machine mechanism made of gears and springs, the kind that makes old clocks and wind-up toys work when you turn a key. You don't see real clockwork much anymore, but the word lives on in a common phrase: 'like clockwork' means something happens perfectly on time, every time, very — 'the bus arrives like clockwork, at 8:00 sharp every day.'

    發條裝置；（片語）like clockwork＝準時可靠、有條不紊

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

    看看訂閱內容

組成clock + work — the mechanism that makes a clock 'work.'

原始詞典資料4 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。

clockworknoun/ˈklɑkwɝk/

  • 1

    A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

    • Many contrivances for making model horses move up and down as on roundabouts were patented in 1887, and toy horses pulling toy carts were made to imitate galloping by means of clockwork.
  • 2

    The action of behaving mechanically in the manner of a clock.

    • The mind feeds upon the body: pale sickness, and early decrepitude, overmaster even its spiritual essence. Too late it discovers that this earth is its prison, and not its home: the heart beats, and its pulses are the clockwork of wretchedness:...

clockworkadj/ˈklɑkwɝk/

  • 1

    Driven by clockwork.

  • 2

    Very smooth and regular.

    • In their freight, as in their passenger operations, the N.S. present a picture of clockwork efficiency.

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。