clue 的 3 个定义
- anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.: It is up to Aurora to piece together the clues and solve the murder before she becomes the next victim.
- a phrase or word provided as a hint to help find an answer or response in a crossword puzzle, on a game show, etc.: The celebrity editor's name was featured as a clue on the long-running quiz show.
- an insight into or knowledge about something: As a kid from the suburbs, Patrick has lived a sheltered life and doesn't have a clue how to survive on his own.
- clew.
clued, clu·ing.
- to direct or point out by a clue.
- to help find by providing a clue: The four-letter “nose” was clued as “characteristic smell of wine.”
- clew.
- clue in, to provide with useful or reliable information: Clue us in on how these forms are to be filled out.to make familiar or aware: Has she been clued in about the rules of this office?
clue 近义词
hint, evidence
give information
更多clue例句
- It is literally on the infotainment screen, which is the clue that this is no ordinary volume knob.
- In most cases, flattened vegetation and scattered hairs provided the team with clues of where the wolf had waited.
- When Timmerman wanted to restock a set of teaspoons, she hadn’t a clue as to manufacturer or pattern name, and the spoons had no discernible markings.
- Those levels indicate where in the brain nerve cells are active, thus giving clues about mental processes.
- Hedge funds have started to build algorithms or hire outside firms that specialize in scanning conversations on Reddit and Twitter for clues about what retail traders are thinking.
- A cynic might say that the report is like the movie Clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings.
- The worship that holds you for a few hours a week becomes, then, the clue to that deep truth inside.
- The strongest clue is that piece of metal his wife chanced upon 23 years ago.
- This particular bit of airplane was vivid with the possibility that it was a significant clue.
- Martin was up on some of the more difficult passages, but managed to guess the wrong character from the clue of “Hodor!”
- An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
- At last the report of several rifles from the island of trees gave us a clue to the mystery.
- If the finder knows who the owner is or has a reasonable clue to the ownership, which he disregards, he is guilty of larceny.
- If we knew more of it, we should see more clearly where religion and morality joined hands, but we know enough to give us a clue.
- He sat down at a table near the door and searched the minds of the dancers for a clue to the meaning of what he saw.