clockwork

英語

詞源

來自clock +‎ -work。

發音

• (美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈklɑkwɝk/

• 音頻 (美國)：

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• (英國) 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈklɒkwɜːk/

名詞

clockwork (通常不可數，複數 clockworks)

1. 發條裝置
   • 1971，Gwen White，Antique Toys And Their Background，第 67 頁：

     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.

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2. 鐘錶機械構造
   • 1837，L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon]，“An Evening Alone”，Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […]，第 I 卷，London：Henry Colburn, […]，→OCLC，第 307 頁：

     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:...

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衍生詞

• clockworklike
• clockwork orange
• clockwork radio
• clockwork universe
• clockworky
• like atomic clockwork
• like clockwork
• regular as clockwork

形容詞

clockwork (無比較級) (定語)

1. 由發條驅動的
2. 非常平順且規律的
   • 1962April，J. M. Tolson，“The Nederlands Railways today: III: Signalling and freight”，Modern Railways，第 244 頁：

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

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來源

• “clockwork”，Lexico，Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press，2019–present年.