clew / klu /
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clew 的 3 个定义
n. 名词 noun- clue.
- Nautical. either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc.
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- Usually clews. the rigging for a hammock.
- Theater. a metal device holding scenery lines controlled by one weighted line.
- Classical Mythology. the thread by which Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth.
v. 有主动词 verb- to coil into a ball.
- clue.
- Theater. to draw up the bottom edge of and fold out of view; bag.to secure with a clew.
v. 动词组 verb- clew down, Nautical. to secure in an unfurled position.
- clew up, Nautical. to haul up to the yard by means of the clew lines.
更多clew例句
- But if the comrades preserve silence, all will be well, for I was careful to leave no clew.
- It is not a common one, and if given to the papers, may result in our receiving a clew to a mystery which seems impenetrable.
- He did not see him, yet another man gave him the clew and unwittingly directed him to the house of Citizen Fargeau.
- Mr. Nepean, I think, has indeed opened himself at last, and given a pretty plain clew to their disposition not to support you.
- The label on a trade package of Hydronaphthol gives no clew as to the nature of the product.