Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - clockwork
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Clockwork
clockwork
1. A clockwork toy or device has machinery inside it which makes it move or operate when it is wound up with a key. ...a clockwork train-set. ADJ: ADJ n 2. If you say that something happens like clockwork, you mean that it happens without any problems or delays, or happens regularly. The Queen’s holiday is arranged to go like clockwork, everything pre-planned to the minute... PHRASE: PHR after v
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1.
noun Date: 1628 1. the inner workings of something 2. the machinery (as springs and a train of gears) that run a clock; also a similar mechanism running a mechanical device (as a toy) 3. the precision, regularity, or absence of variation associated with a clock or ~ a ~ operation the planning went like ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a mechanism like that of a mechanical clock, with a spring and gears. 2 (attrib.) a driven by clockwork. b regular, mechanical. Phrases and idioms like clockwork smoothly, regularly, automatically. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. часовой механизм clockwork toys —- заводные игрушки everything went like clockwork —- все шло гладко ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 clockwork toys, trains, soldiers etc have machinery inside them to make them move when you turn a key 2 go like clockwork if something you have arranged goes like clockwork, it happens in exactly the way you planned (The concert went like clockwork.) 3 (as) regular as clockwork very regular (Walter came round every Friday, regular as clockwork.) 4 with clockwork precision/accuracy in an extremely exact way ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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