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

钟条装置嗡嗡地旋转，齿轮转动啮合，黄出温暖光芒。

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

知道条装置是如何启动并没有什么区别。

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

早晨光展开它们花瓣， 就像清晨条装置。

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 年致观点，即世界是一个条装置。

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.

因为具有讽刺意味是， 就像听时钟滴答声来尝试弄清楚条装置工作原理一样，太阳秘密有一天可能会通过我们所听到而不是我们所看到来解决。