单词	clocklike
释义	clocklike adjective clock·​like ˈkläk-ˌlīk  : unusually regular, undeviating, and precise does his job with clocklike efficiency Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web The woodblock pulse is sometimes taken up by clanging cowbell, slashed chords, or the ominous, clocklike ticking of bowsticks against strings. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 1 Apr. 2022 While each change may be novel, major life transitions happen with clocklike regularity. Arthur C. Brooks, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2020 Time cells fire at successive moments but do not track time in a simple clocklike fashion. Matthew Schafer, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2020 As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself. Quanta Magazine, 19 Apr. 2016 The radio emissions themselves, Dr. Chatterjee said, resemble the blasts from pulsars — the spinning neutron stars that emit clocklike pulses of radiation and whose discovery in 1968 did indeed elicit speculation about little green men. Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2017 As its inflating interior forms a new universe, its energy incrementally ticks down in clocklike fashion each time the expanding circle winds around the cylinder’s circumference and overlaps itself. Natalie Wolchover, WIRED, 23 Apr. 2016 See More Word History First Known Use 1609, in the meaning defined above clocklike adjective as in accurate Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance accurate precise correct standardized exact structured specific detailed systematic regularized methodical ordered methodic orderly systematized organized regular neat Antonyms & Near Antonyms haphazard irregular unsystematic patternless nonsystematic disorganized chaotic immethodical planless disordered disorderly hit-or-miss unordered systemless shambolic See More
随便看	horsetail horsetail agaric horsetail corn horsetail family horsetail fungus horsetail lichen horsetail milkweed horsetail tree horsetaillike horsetails horsetree horseways horseweed horseweeds horsewhip horsewhipped horsewhipper horsewhippers horsewhipping horsewhips horsewoman horsewomen horsewood horsey horsey set

英语词典包含469781条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。