clue 音标拼音: [kl'u]
n . 线索,暗示,情节
vt . 暗示,提供线索
线索,暗示,情节暗示,提供线索
clue n 1 :
a slight indication [
synonym : {
hint }, {
clue }]
2 :
evidence that helps to solve a problem [
synonym : {
clue }, {
clew },
{
cue }]
v 1 :
roll into a ball [
synonym : {
clue }, {
clew }]
Clue \
Clue \ (
kl [=
u ]),
n . [
See {
Clew },
n .]
A ball of thread ;
a thread or other means of guidance .
Same as {
Clew }.
[
1913 Webster ]
You have wound a goodly clue . --
Shak .
[
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This clue once found unravels all the rest . --
Pope .
[
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Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge .
--
Locke .
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Clew \
Clew \ (
kl [=
u ]),
Clue \
Clue \,
n . [
OE .
clewe ,
clowe ,
clue ,
AS .
cleowen ,
cliwen ,
clywe ball of thread ;
akin to D .
kluwen ,
OHG .
chliwa ,
chliuwa ,
G .
dim .
kleuel ,
kn [
aum ]
uel ,
and perch .
to L .
gluma hull ,
husk ,
Skr .
glaus sort of ball or tumor .
Perch .
akin to E .
claw . [
root ]
26 .
Cf . {
Knawel }.]
1 .
A ball of thread ,
yarn ,
or cord ;
also ,
The thread itself .
[
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Untwisting his deceitful clew . --
Spenser .
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2 .
That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature ;
that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery .
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The clew ,
without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics ,
was in his hands . --
Macaulay .
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3 . (
Naut .)
(
a .)
A lower corner of a square sail ,
or the after corner of a fore -
and -
aft sail .
(
b .)
A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail .
(
c .)
A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Clew garnet } (
Naut .),
one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square -
rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards .
{
Clew line } (
Naut .),
a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails ,
as topsail ,
topgallant sail ,
or royal ,
is run up to its yard .
{
Clew -
line block } (
Naut .),
The block through which a clew line reeves .
See Illust .
of {
Block }.
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "
clue ":
acquaint ,
advice ,
advise ,
alerting ,
answer ,
apprise ,
basis for belief ,
body of evidence ,
broad hint ,
catchword ,
caution ,
chain of evidence ,
cue ,
cue word ,
data ,
datum ,
documentation ,
evidence ,
exhibit ,
fact ,
facts ,
fill in ,
gentle hint ,
gesture ,
glimmer ,
glimmering ,
grounds ,
grounds for belief ,
hint ,
hot lead ,
implication ,
imply ,
index ,
indicate ,
indication ,
indicator ,
inform ,
information ,
inkling ,
innuendo ,
insinuation ,
intimate ,
intimation ,
item of evidence ,
key ,
key word ,
kick ,
lead ,
look ,
manifestation ,
mark ,
material grounds ,
monition ,
muniments ,
mute witness ,
nod ,
notify ,
notion ,
nudge ,
office ,
passing word ,
piece of evidence ,
pointer ,
post ,
premises ,
prompt ,
proof ,
reason to believe ,
relevant fact ,
scent ,
sign ,
signal ,
spoor ,
steer ,
suggest ,
suggestion ,
suspicion ,
symptom ,
tell ,
telltale ,
tip ,
tip -
off ,
token ,
trace ,
track ,
vestige ,
warn ,
warning ,
whiff ,
whisper ,
wind ,
wink
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