English-Thai Dictionary
clockwork
N กลไก ของ นาฬิกา kon-kai-kong-na-li-ka
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CLOCKWORK
CLOCKWORK Clock "work `, n.
Defn: The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.
New American Oxford Dictionary
clockwork
clock work |ˈkläkˌwərk ˈklɑkˌwərk | ▶noun a mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] driven by clockwork: a clockwork motor | a clockwork toy. • very smooth and regular: the clockwork precision of the galaxy. • repetitive and predictable: it was a clockwork existence for the children. PHRASES as regular as clockwork very regularly; repeatedly and predictably. like clockwork very smoothly and easily: the event ran like clockwork . • with mechanical regularity: these hens lay like clockwork.
Oxford Dictionary
clockwork
clock |work |ˈklɒkwəːk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a mechanism with a spring and toothed gearwheels, used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device: quartz watches are more accurate than those driven by clockwork. ▶adjective [ attrib. ] driven by clockwork: a clockwork motor. • very smooth and regular: the clockwork precision of the galaxy. • repetitive and predictable: it was a clockwork existence for the children. PHRASES as regular as clockwork very regularly; repeatedly and predictably. like clockwork very smoothly and easily: the event ran like clockwork . • with mechanical regularity: these hens lay like clockwork.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
clockwork
clock work /klɑ́kwə̀ː r k |klɔ́k -/名詞 U ぜんまい [時計 ]仕掛け ; 〖形容詞的に 〗ぜんまい [時計 ]仕掛けの ▸ a clockwork toy ぜんまい仕掛けのおもちゃ .(as ) r è gular as cl ó ckwork とても規則正しく .like cl ó ckwork 規則正しく, 予定通りに, スムーズに ▸ go [run ] like clockwork 〈計画などが 〉予定通り進む .with cl ò ckwork prec í sion [á ccuracy ]きわめて正確に, 計ったように正確に .