with regularity and precision;

"the rocket launch went off like clockwork"

the landlord counted on their rent check, like clockwork by the third of each month.

那个房东象往常一样等他们来交每月3号支付的房租。

a few astronomers thought they could see even more of a dino-cosmos link — a pattern of mass extinctions occurring like clockwork in the geologic record.

一些天文学家认为，恐龙-宇宙之间的联系远不止表面那么简单，这种大规模生物灭绝现象产生模式简直就像地质记录中的发条装置，到了某个特定时刻，就会发生。

this occurred like clockwork about every half hour until sunrise.

就像上了发条似的这声音每半个小时响一次，一直持续到天亮。

sometimes i think: if time is really not up like clockwork on the stop watch, and that nice ah!

有时我想：如果时间真能像不上发条就停止的手表，那该多好啊！

it used to be like clockwork in the book business: first the hardcover edition was released, then, about one year later, the paperback.

在图书出版业，有些惯例就像上了发条一样一丝不差：精装书首先发行，一年后是平装书上市。

the games were widely seen as one of the best-organized ever, from the events that ran like clockwork to the generous crowds who, with few exceptions, cheered chinese athletes and other countries too.

眼见赛事安排精準守时，耳闻观众对中外运动员毫不吝啬的喝彩助威（当然也有极少例外），大家都普遍认为此次奥运会的组织工作是历史上最好的之一。

the car's motor went off like clockwork after bob fixed it.

这部车子的发动机经鲍勃修理后很顺利地转动起来了。

but the next night, like clockwork i woke up again at the same time.

但是第二天晚上，就像是定好了生物钟似的，我又在同一时间醒过来了。