clockwork orange

短语

词形变化

clockwork oranges 复数 clockwork oranges

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person or organism with a mechanistic morality or lack of free will.

词源

From the novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess, in which the main character is programmed to be incapable of antisocial behavior.

来源:wiktionary