Clockwork whirred. Cogs turned and meshed, brass warmly glowing.

的发条装置嗡嗡地旋转，齿轮转动啮合，黄铜散发出温暖的光芒。

Knowing how the clockwork had been set in motion made no difference.

知道发条装置是如何启动的并没有什么区别。

Mornings glories unfurl their petals like clockwork in the early morning.

早晨的光展开它们的花瓣， 就像清晨的发条装置。

We're beyond the exquisite view that Copernicus had 480 years ago, that the world is a clockwork.

我们超越了哥白尼 480 年前的精致观点，即世界是一个发条装置。

Because ironically, just like listening to the ticking of  a clock to try and figure out how the clockwork functions, the secrets to the Sun might one day be  solved by what we hear rather than by what we see.

为具有讽刺意味的是， 就像听时的滴答来尝试弄清楚发条装置的工作原理一样，太阳的密有一天可能会通过我们所听到的而不是我们所看到的来解决。