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clockwork /ˈklɑːkˌwɚk/

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bộ máy đồng hồ, cơ cấu lên dây cót (ở một số đồ chơi…)

like clockwork

đều đặn và chính xác, trôi chảy

the operation went like clockwork

ca mổ diễn ra trôi chảy
noun

[noncount] the system of moving wheels inside something (such as a clock or an old-fashioned toy) that makes its parts move

the clockwork inside a mechanical toy soldier

used to describe something that happens or works in a very regular and exact way

Every morning, like clockwork, customers line up outside the front door of the bakery.

Their wedding went (off) like clockwork. [=their wedding went very smoothly; everything in the wedding happened the way they planned]

The birds return each year, (as) regular as clockwork. - often used before another noun

The work was done with clockwork precision.

They return with clockwork regularity.

a clockwork operation