clockwork /ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/ noun Learner's definition of CLOCKWORK
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: the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old-fashioned toy) that makes its parts move齿轮发条装置 2
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used to describe something that happens or works in a very regular and exact way有规律的，精确的，顺利的（用于描述某事的发生） -
Every morning, like clockwork, customers line up outside the front door of the bakery.每天早晨，顾客们必定在面包房外排队。
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Their wedding went (off) like clockwork. [=their wedding went very smoothly; everything in the wedding happened the way they planned]他们的婚礼非常顺利地按计划进行。
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The birds return each year, (as) regular as clockwork.鸟儿们每年有规律地按期飞回。
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The work was done with clockwork precision.这项工作完成得非常精准。
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They return with clockwork regularity.他们非常有规律地返回。
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a clockwork operation精准的手术