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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 gular as cl ckwork とても規則正しく .like cl 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 ckwork prec sion [ccuracy ]きわめて正確に, 計ったように正確に .