clue
美 [klu]
英 [kluː] 
- n.提示;迹象;(纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的)提示词语
- v.提示;为…提供线索
- 网络暗示;妙探寻凶;端倪
词形变化
复数:clues 现在分词:clueing 过去式:clued 同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ (to sth) (帮助警方破案的)线索,迹象an object, a piece of evidence or some information that helps the police solve a crime |
| The police think the videotape may hold some vital clues to the identity of the killer. 警方认为那盘录像带可能录有能确认凶手身份的一些重要线索。 |
2. | ~ (to sth) (问题答案的)线索,提示a fact or a piece of evidence that helps you discover the answer to a problem |
| Diet may hold the clue to the causes of migraine. 饮食习惯有可能揭示偏头痛的原因。 |
3. | (纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的)提示词语,解答提示some words or a piece of information that helps you find the answers to a crossword , a game or a question |
| ‘You'll never guess who I saw today!’ ‘Give me a clue.’ “你绝对猜不着我今天见到谁了!”“给我提示一下吧。” |
习惯用语
not have a clue
一无所知;不知怎么做to know nothing about sth or about how to do sth
| I don't have a clue where she lives. 我完全不知道她住在哪里。 |
| Don't ask him to do it─he doesn't have a clue! 这事别叫他做,他笨极了。 |
英汉解释
n. | 1. (调查,研究等的)线索;迹象;(故事的)关键情节;〈罕〉= clew. give a clue提供线索 |
v. | |
英英解释
例句
The only clue was the word "Croatoan" carved into a post of the fort and "Cro" carved into a nearby tree.
唯一的线索就是被刻在堡垒上的“Croatoan”和刻在一棵树上的“Cro”。
Jessica is going back to Holland next week. I've been thinking a lot about what to give her as a parting gift, but I still have no clue.
杰西卡下周就要会荷兰了,我一直在想该选个东西作为分别的礼物,但是还没有头绪。
In her study, Rivera found a clue in a particular protein that flourished in the mice that got the Western diet.
在研究中,他们发现按照西方饮食习惯喂养的老鼠身上有一种特有的蛋白质,从而找到一条线索。
A crucial clue was the appearance of alpha waves, which typically correlate with a state of relaxation.
阿尔法波是一条重要的线索,尤其是处于放松状态时。
If they were singing, there was no methane about, but if they dropped over then the miners had their clue to leave the mine shaft quickly!
如果它们在鸣叫,周围就没有甲烷,但如果它们掉了下来,那矿工就知道端倪,赶紧离开了矿井!
Despite the fact that the company sent me a fair amount of information, I nevertheless had not a clue what the product is.
尽管这家金融服务公司提供了大量产品信息,我还是不明白产品是什么。
The only other clue comes from the fact that the heart is on the left side of the mother's body.
还有另外的一条思路,而它的依据则是心脏在母亲身体的左侧的这个事实。
Sometimes a brain did not idle all day, but still no clue reasons.
有时候一整天脑子没闲着,却始终理不出头绪。
"Last dinner" a few words brake occurs when the heart, empty, is sad, sad, don't give up, I also points are not clear, I haven't got a clue.
“最后一次聚餐”几字刹时出现,心里空空的,是伤心,难过,不舍,我也分不清,我也搞不清楚。
Sometimes it felt less like childcare and more like a demented game of Clue -- and I knew who'd end up in the ballroom with the rope.
有时,我感觉这都不像是在育儿,更像是在打疯狂的“妙探寻凶”游戏—当然,我知道最终谁会在宴会厅中拿着绳子。
He didn't have a clue what was going on, but he didn't seem to be being expelled, and some of the feeling started coming back to his legs.
他还没弄清要发生什么呢,不过好像并不是要开除他出校。太好了!哈利那一直只会机械地移动的腿终于有了点点知觉了。
"I worked for him for seven years and I had no clue, " said Jack Sala, now the engineering manager for Truckee Precision, a B&J competitor.
“我为他工作了7年,从不知此事,”杰克·撒拉说,他现在是特拉基精密(B&J公司的竞争对手)的工程经理。
When you mentioned Fiona's hair, it was the clue that told me you were probably beginning to see the color red.
我以前就注意到了。当你提到费欧娜的头发,那给了我一个线索,或许你开始看到红色。
If she were just doing it because she had no earthly clue what else to do with her life, that would be different.
如果Cindi做侍应生只是因为她不知道她还能什么其他的,那又是另外一回事。
I haven't a clue, said Moshe. First he said to me that we had three days to Get out of Italy , so I gave him the finger!
我也不知道。首先他限我们三天内要走,我就用一个侮辱的手势回应。
If you had seen Him in the carpentry shop, you wouldn't have had a clue about His deity.
若你在木匠店里看见他,你可能也对他的神性一无所知。
Sometimes deep textual research is necessary because a bit of record probably give us the clue to a large earthquake event.
历史上的某些点滴记载有时可能是大地震事件的线索,值得深入考证;
Investigators also found a $40 check made out to Zhu in Yang's room, a further clue the two were well acquainted with each other.
调查人员还在杨欣屋内发现了一张写给朱海洋的40美元支票,这一线索进一步表明了两人很熟。
The only clue was a line of incense sticks and half-burnt funeral candles along the side of the road.
沿路一侧摆放的一排香火和还没烧完的蜡烛暗示了这一点。
"Boon. " Signal clue him to leave the thing, the warfare Chun Xuan modified consideration to return again in of appraisal report up.
“恩。”示意他把东西留下,战淳轩重新将注意力调回了手中的评估报告上。
The mother had a clue to Madeline's conduct.
做母亲的对于梅德琳的行动听出一点苗头来了。
I believe that the clue to his mind is to be found in his unusual powers of continuous concentrated introspection.
我相信在他非同一般地持续的集中内省的力量中,将发现他思想的线索。
The unusual, primitive quality of the various creatures gave Darwin a clue to the theory that changes take place in living forms.
各种各样的生物所具有的异乎寻常的原始特性,给达尔文的变化产生在生存方式中这个理论提供了线索。
All the grief always leaves a joy to a clue, all sorry they leave a place in the corner of the perfect.
所有的悲伤总会留下一丝欢乐的线索,所有的遗憾总会留下一处完美的角落。
He then changed all the passwords so I now have no clue who we owe or how much.
然后他改变了密码,所以我现在没有线索知道我们欠款的对象,也不知道欠了多少。
When he recovered himself, his first impulse was to follow the man; who knows whether he did not hold at last the clue which he was seeking?
当他的心情安定下来后,他的第一个动作便是去追那人,谁知他这次不会抓住他所寻找的线索呢?
He scrutinized the book page by extremely meticulous page, trying to find any clue others might have missed.
他极端仔细地一页一页地细读这本书,想从中发现别人可能错过的线索。
He opened his eyes, and for a moment didn't have a clue where he was. Totally disorienting, waking up on a plane.
他睁开了双眼,在那一刻中他对于自己的处境没有一点印象,完全搞不清楚自己怎么在一架飞机上醒来。
The finding offers a clue about just how much language affects our understanding of numbers, researchers say.
研究者称,这个发现只能说明语言对理解数字到底有多大影响。
"I haven't a clue, " I said. We laughed at the idea that we had been speaking as if we knew what we were talking about.
“我也一窍不通”我说。之后两人大笑不已,我们装做很懂的样子聊得热火朝天而实际上两人都不知道自己在说什么。
So the biologist looks at the chickens, examines them a bit, and says he has no clue what could be wrong with them.
生物学家对鸡做了一番检查,最后说,不知道鸡得的什麽病。
"I suppose we couldn't see it, " I said. "We're trying to discover the roots of the Morrisroe family and any clue might help. "
“我想我们看不到它了,”我说,“我们想追寻莫里斯家族的根和任何能帮到忙的线索。”
A second picture, that of the bedraggled guerrilla's corpse, staring wide-eyed at the camera, provides another clue.
第二幅图片,是被拖脏的游击队员格瓦拉的尸体,睁大眼睛盯着相机,提供了另一条线索。
The amount of Mandarin Chinese you hear while walking the docks gives you a pretty good clue to what's driving the boat industry in Asia.
走在甲板上满耳听到的普通话清楚地显示出推动亚洲游艇业发展的动力何在。
Nobody knows why they are there; when Graham announced the mandatory meeting, he gave no clue as to what he had planned.
没有人知道他们为何在此。当Graham通告该会议的必要性的时候,他本人对自己所做的计划一点把握也没有。
"Oh, " the dad said, nodding his head, lips pursed, as feigning that he had a clue about what he just heard.
“哦,”这位父亲点点头,撅撅嘴,假装对刚才听到的心里有数了。
Kirilenko spent the entire time with his back to the ball, without a clue as to what was going to happen next.
基里连科总是找不到球要去的地方,因为科比的动作没有给他任何线索。
Nate starts the night with a clue, which leads him to a lady in waiting, who gives him a clue to the next lady wait.
Nate晚上会有一个线索,把他引向一位等待中的女仆,再给他找到另一位的线索。
You know, I'd have no clue what to do if I lost something important while here in the U. S.
你知道,我还真的会不知所措,如果在美国丢了重要的东西。
The British Heart Foundation said the findings could offer a clue to ways of preventing heart disease.
英国心脏基金会称这个研究成果为预防心脏病提供了一个途径。
A humdinger of a tale about the animal is often a clue that this is a wine to avoid.
对动物的大肆渲染,往往是提示我们不要买这样的酒。