clue

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide. archaic
    — she had even had in the past a small smug conviction that in the domestic labyrinth she always kept the clue.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
    — Give me a clue because the question is too vague.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
    — The detectives were looking for some clues at the scene of the crime.
  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. The text that indicates an answer in a crossword puzzle.
动词 v.
  1. To provide with a clue.
    — The crossword compiler wasn't sure how to clue the word "should".
  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. Alternative form of clew. alt-of,alternative
    — If the lee-side of the sail were clued up, the risk would be small compared with what it would be were the sheet nearly aft and the whole sail full of wind on starting the tack.

词形变化

clues plural clew alternative,archaic clues present,singular,third-person cluing participle,present clueing participle,present clued participle,past clued past clew alternative,archaic

词汇关系

近义词
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衍生词
cluebat cluebie Cluedo clueful clueless cluelike cluey microclue no clue unclue clue-by-four clue card cluestick clue stick context clue get a clue have a clue not have a clue what was your first clue clue in clue up clued up unclued
相关词
evidence red herring

词源

词源 1
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”).
词源 2
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”).
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