clew
/kloo/US // klu //UK // (kluː) //
劈叉,劈头,劈腿,劈头盖脸
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : 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.
- : 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
- 1
- : 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.
- 1
- : clew down, Nautical. to secure in an unfurled position.
- : clew up, Nautical. to haul up to the yard by means of the clew lines.
Examples
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.
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