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

钟的条装置嗡嗡，齿轮动啮合，黄铜散出温暖的光芒。

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

知道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.

因为具有讽刺意味的是， 就像听时钟的滴答声来尝试弄清楚条装置的工作原理样，太阳的秘密有天可能会通过我们所听到的而不是我们所看到的来解决。