clockmaking
noun [ U ] (also clock-making) uk/ˈklɒkˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/ us/ˈklɑːkˌmeɪ.kɪŋ/
钟表制作;钟表维修
the activity or job of making or repairing clocks
There will be displays on local industries such as glass, silver, pottery and clockmaking. 将会展示当地的工商业情况，如玻璃、银器、陶器和钟表制造。
He took over his father's clock-making business. 他接管了他父亲的钟表制造业务。
Compare: horologywatchmaking
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- They did quite a lot of watch and clockmaking at the factory.
- During the 15th and 16th centuries, clockmaking flourished, particularly in the metalworking towns of Nuremberg and Augsburg.
- The town's industrial history stretches back to early-19th-century clockmaking.
- A clockmaker will be on hand to demonstrate clockmaking and restoration techniques.
- Skilled in the art of clock-making, he constructed, in his eightieth year, a detailed and intricate orrery.
- Right now, competition in the world of atomic clock-making is fierce, with several laboratories around the world exploring new technologies.