mass noun
- a mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device（发动机械钟、玩具等的）发条齿轮装置。
attrib.
1- driven by clockwork以发条齿轮装置发动的：
a clockwork motor
以发条齿轮装置发动的马达
a clockwork train.
以发条齿轮装置发动的火车。
1.1
- very smooth and regular极平滑规则的：
the clockwork precision of the galaxy.
星系平滑规则的精确度。
1.2
- repetitive and predictable反复单调的：
it was a clockwork existence for the children.
对孩子来说, 这样的生活反复而单调。
短语
as regular as clockwork
- very regularly; repeatedly and predictably极规律地; 反复单调地。
like clockwork
1
- very smoothly and easily平稳地：
the event ran like clockwork.
事件发展平稳。
1.1
- with mechanical regularity机械般规律地：
these hens lay like clockwork.
这些母鸡准时规律地下蛋。