clue

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n. 线索, 暗示 vt. 暗示, 提供线索

发音

AU /kluː/

词形变化

clues 复数 clues clued clueing clues 三单 cluing cluing 现在分词 clueing 现在分词 clued 过去式 clued 过去分词

别名

clew

教材释义与例句

名词

线索；（故事等的）情节

动词

为…提供线索；为…提供情况

释义与例句

n. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.

    古体
  2. 2.

    Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.

    线索

    Give me a clue because the question is too vague.

  3. 3.

    An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.

    证据

    The detectives were looking for some clues at the scene of the crime.

  4. 4.

    Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)

    I had little clue that I was being carefully monitored by the CCTV.

  5. 5.

    The text that indicates an answer in a crossword puzzle.

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v.
  1. 1.

    To provide with a clue.

    The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".

  2. 2.

    To provide someone with information which they lack (often used with "in" or "up").

    Smith, clue Jones in on what's been happening.

  3. 3.

    Alternative form of clew.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

hint cue clew

上位词 3

evidence indication indicant

下位词 2

sign mark
动词

同义词 1

clew

上位词 4

wind roll wrap twine

相关短语

clue stick clue by four clue in <俚>向某人提供情况 clue sticks clue card clue cards clue by fours clue up clue-by-four have a clue has a clue had a clue having a clue what was your first clue context clue

词源

Variant of clew (“a ball of thread or yarn”), from Middle English clew, clewe, clowe, clue, clwe, clyw, clywe, from Old English clēowen, clīewen, clīowen, clīwen, clȳwe, clȳwen (“ball, sphere; skein”), from Proto-West Germanic *kliuwīn (“ball, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną, *klewô (“bale, ball, clump, mass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up, clump together; lump, swelling”). Sense evolution with reference to the one which the mythical Theseus used to guide him out of the Minotaur's labyrinth. More at clew. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian khnaul (“ball of yarn”), Dutch kluwe, kluwen (“ball thread or yarn, clew”), German Knäuel (“ballyarn; tangle”), Norwegian Nynorsk kljå (“a loom weight”); also Sanskrit ग्लौ (glau, “the moon; camphor; the earth”).

来源：wiktionary