| 词汇 | like-clockwork |
| 释义 | like clockworkidiom(also(as) regular as clockwork) very regularly, or at exactly the planned times: 非常有规律;极为准时 Since the recent improvements to the service, the buses are running like clockwork.最近，自从改进服务后，公交车运行得非常准时。 My daughter always calls me every Friday evening, (as) regular as clockwork.我女儿总是每星期五晚上给我打电话，非常准时。 Frequency & regularity - general words (as) regular as clockworkidiom -ly clockwork endemically erratic erratically fitful irregular irregularity irregularly many many a timeidiom on-off periodic periodically prevalence regularity religiously unsynchronized would like clockwork | American Dictionarylike clockworkidiom exactly as planned: So far, everything had worked like clockwork. Examples of like clockworklike clockwork He was a splendid chairman and the committee ran likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The scheme should be working likeclockwork, but it will take from six to eight weeks to process the application. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has the finest orators, and everything goes likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are totally predictable and operate likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that no one listening to the debate or reading reports of it afterwards will assume that road schemes run likeclockwork anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But apart from that one episode, the whole matter went likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They think that everything will run likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are making the length of the face such a distance that everything has to go likeclockwork so that men shall get the work done in a prescribed time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not keep a register, but the operation went likeclockwork, and a survey by the community health council commended the way in which the problem was handled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must remember that if mobilisation were ordered everything depends on celerity, celerity of arrangements and of railway transport, so that all should work likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everything might run likeclockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It works likeclockwork, but one does not buy a novel to tell the time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There were months of preparation involved so that it could run likeclockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Unfortunately, all he learns is that she lives likeclockwork, and makes no effort to enjoy life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Critics called the film entertaining and fun with twists that arrives likeclockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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