cue
提示,提示语,提示牌,球杆
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Definitions
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- : anything said or done, on or off stage, that is followed by a specific line or action: An off-stage door slam was his cue to enter.
- : anything that excites to action; stimulus.
- : a hint; intimation; guiding suggestion.
- : the part a person is to play; a prescribed or necessary course of action.
- : a sensory signal used to identify experiences, facilitate memory, or organize responses.
- : Archaic. frame of mind; mood.
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cued, cu·ing.
- : to provide with a cue or indication; give a cue to; prompt: Will you cue me on my lines?
- : to insert, or direct to come in, in a specific place in a musical or dramatic performance: to cue in a lighting effect.
- : to search for and reach.
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Examples
It prepares them for adulthood, when there are fewer cues to self-advocate.
This might make them more likely to notice the differences between new and familiar toys, and to attend to the verbal cue associated with them.
Strenger, a client support specialist, later told me the companies’ co-founders took their aesthetic cues from Pokémon.
Cumulatively, the report notes, human-produced noise can mask “environmental cues indicating the presence of prey and predators, resulting in loss of social cohesion, missed opportunities for feeding, or failure to avoid a predator.”
In the hands of a stronger writer, Malcolm & Marie could have taken its cues from great theater two-handers, duets designed to showcase their actors.
Cue heartbroken Galavant engorging himself on booze and mutton back home.
The blast was a stupefying white flash followed by a body-shaking howl, and it was the cue for a maelstrom of metallic shrieks.
She did not weep on cue in public when Monteith died, or seek sympathy.
Affleck, as if on cue, challenged Harris: “Are you the person who understands the officially codified doctrine of Islam?”
Cue a series of shots of these veteran actors dusting off their best revenge faces.
"This organized conspiracy on your part," the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast.
Eliza, glancing at Miss Prall, took her cue and looked disdainful of the whole affair.
Next came Coronado, as happy as a disappointed burglar whose cue it is to congratulate the rescuing policeman.
He has quite a clerical look, and, if he hadn't, his voice would give the cue to his profession.
Others of the conspirators, however, took Fislar's bold cue and stoutly corroborated him.