| 词汇 | example_english_clockwork |
| 释义 | Examples of clockworkThese 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. In the 1850s their lights were rotated using clockworks, usually powered by falling weights attached to chains. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Traditional orreries often did move and some used clockworks to make the relative speeds of objects accurate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The solution is to become one of the clockworks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Before foghorns were developed cannons and/or large bells (rung by clockworks) were used to warn of fog shrouded hazards. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Then the force of the mainspring turns the clockwork's gears, until the stored energy is used up. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The shutter controlling clockworks were mounted unmovable in the camera body, while the shutter lamellas were mounted in the movable sliding tube. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The citizens live to operate the clock factory and create energy for making even more clockworks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By 1805 the clockworks, and standard cases, could be produced in quantity, reducing the cost of the clock. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Electricity was introduced to the lighthouse in 1939, eliminating the need to rewind the light rotation clockworks every 4 hours. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The original plans called for the clockworks to be connected to five bells that would chime every hour, but the carillon was never built. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The striking mechanism was governed by a weight attached to a flywheel, and later internally run by clockworks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The medieval clock is the only one of its kind still in working condition with its original clockworks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are two kinds of movements: one-day (30-hour) and eight-day clockworks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The clockworks (for rotating the lenses) were also located there. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Gunpowder and clockworks are quite mundane. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The whole clockwork arrangement on the floor came to a shuddering halt when that man ran it into the ground. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was a splendid chairman and the committee ran like clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are supporting radio broadcasts, and are helping refugees get access to broadcast information by funding the provision of 13,500 clockwork radios. 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 like clockwork, 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 She blathers on like a clockwork parrot and some of us are getting pretty sick of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every year as regularly as clockwork floods come there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must get away from the clockwork mouse syndrome. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He worked nine months a year without the loss of a day, and as regular as clockwork he was three months out. 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 like clockwork. 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 like clockwork anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see that in a clockwork manner this might easily be worked, perhaps in a small works. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, a clockwork radio which can be produced in developing countries is an amazingly useful device. 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 like clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are expected to deal with different types of examination which come along as regularly as clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The strain on management, systems and staff throughout the organisation was enormous, and it would be altogether astonishing if everything had run with clockwork precision and smoothness from day one. 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 like clockwork 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 The 125 service at present runs practically like clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clockwork device had stopped. 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 like clockwork, 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 like clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even on this simple arithmetic, this clockwork, child arithmetic, they have not even then been able to put their own assumptions into the sum to get the right figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everything might run like clockwork. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first watches were strictly mechanical, driven by clockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. An example of the pleasure faiths were tic-toc (where creatures were enchanted to tell secrets or the future and run by clockwork), and sorcery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are made from wood and papier-mch, porcelain and there are also some clockwork dolls endowed with music and movement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Electric motors convert electrical energy into mechanical motion, pneumatic motors use compressed air and otherssuch as clockwork motors in wind-up toysuse elastic energy. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Clocks, watches, clockwork, sundials, hourglasses, clepsydras, timers, time recorders, marine chronometers, and atomic clocks are all examples of instruments used to measure time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hand cranked dynamos are used in clockwork radios, hand powered flashlights, mobile phone rechargers, and other human powered equipment to recharge batteries. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A clockwork motor is a clockwork device mechanically powered by a mainspring, a spiral torsion spring of metal ribbon. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The shells having to be individually loaded and then the drum wound by a clockwork mechanism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Initially all locomotives were powered by clockwork, but the first electric power appeared in autumn 1923. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Luckily the guest are undercover police officers but an attempt to arrest the villains reveals them to be clockwork automata. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The trains initially had a clockwork drive, but from 1924 were driven electrically. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In operation, the band passes over two grooved pulleys rotated by a wind-up clockwork motor. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mouse and child of the title are a pair of toy mice, joined by the hands and operated by clockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They find a clockwork automaton wrapped in human flesh. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. When it was rebuilt in 1906, it was converted to paraffin and worked by clockwork. 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 like clockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In concerts there are up to ten musicians on stage playing instruments from the clockwork to the gong and exchanging them with each other. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Part of it is now clockwork, which interfaces with the ant-farm via a paternoster the ants can ride on that turns a significant cogwheel. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Portable radio receivers with a crank are made to reduce battery purchase requirements, see clockwork radio. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Clockwork appears however and sets everything right again. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A small key on its belly makes the bird appear to be powered at least partly through clockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Weighing about 1 kg, the clockwork torch incorporates two improvements over the clockwork radio. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Clockwork was new and would have been regarded as magic in the sixteenth century. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lighthouse was originally lit by oil in the early 20th century, before it was changed to gas which used a clockwork turning mechanism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a machine man controlled by clockwork, which needs to be wound regularly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, unlike clockwork timers, pencil detonators only give approximate time delays. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His friend just walked in a clockwork spiral until he hit a tree stump. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The astrarium was primarily a clockwork equatorium with astrolabe and calendar dials, and indicators for the sun, moon, and planets. 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 like clockwork, and makes no effort to enjoy life. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In the 1950s and for much of the 1960s these cameras were powered by clockwork motors, again with variations of quality. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The same reviewer said that the character designs were magnificent and that, the tiny details on the clockwork birds and imaginative effects are stunning. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One common factor was the clockwork universe view. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The clockwork mechanism in a room below weighs 5 tons. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mechanical turnspits (roasting jacks) were later invented, first powered by dogs on treadmills, and then by steam power and mechanical clockwork mechanisms. 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 like clockwork. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. A clockwork mechanism to rotate the light was installed in 1881. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Vibrobots powered by clockwork or elastic motors have a long history, pre-dating the electric bristlebots. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The trains were powered by clockwork machinery inside the toy, and sales for the year totaled $2,600.00. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first meters used clockwork clocks that required manual winding monthly. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Within his clockwork frame hum the subtle mathematics that govern all that is, from the spin of galaxies to the movement of sub-atomic particles. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mechanism itself used to be clockwork but nowadays is usually electrically driven. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. At both ends there were clockwork operated dials with numbers and letters of the alphabet. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They were quieter at slow speeds than clockwork, but potentially very inaccurate. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Additional sounds for the character were meant to give him a clockwork feel, to show he is always thinking and calculating. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lamps were rotated by clockwork adjusted so that there were three flashes a minute. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Spring-powered or clockwork car models, that are wound with a key or by a friction mechanism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The operation of their clockwork parts makes a constant ticking sound. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There was no cabinet surrounding the clockwork in this model. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The first clockwork train was produced in 1920. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In 1835, the apparatus was upgraded by installation of a revolving shutter which was rotated by a weight-driven clockwork mechanism. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She is strangely measured in her movements, they all seem as if they were dependent upon some wound-up clockwork. In the early industrial age, the body was conceived as machine within the model of clockwork automation. The study of nature had an integrity of its own, as one sought to uncover the laws that governed the clockwork. The peculiar clockwork of the human mind, not scientific knowledge itself, is the source of the danger. A universe that ran like clockwork also evinced design. In 'the tearing, the burning', harps, crotales and glockenspiel manufactured a grimly automated, clockwork sound. The wound-up spring of the clockwork mechanism is a store of elastic (strain) energy. Newtonian physics viewed the universe as consisting of passive physical objects that interacted with one another in clockwork fashion, with energy as the causal link between objects. Since the turntable had a clockwork winding mechanism and the air-pump demanded continuous cranking while the disc played, you had to be fit to play a record! The clockwork radio is a typical example. The origin of the apparatus in physiology, together with the reliability ingrained in the heavy brass columns, the intricate clockwork, and the smoothly interlocking cogs and levers all exude trustworthiness. Though the courthouse had a clock tower, there was no clock and the county did not purchase the clockworks needed for a working clock. 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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