noun

cue

提示, 暗示, 信号, (台球)球杆

The actor missed his cue to enter the stage.

那位演员错过了他上场的提示。

He chose a new cue for the billiards game.

他为台球比赛选了一根新球杆。

((a cue)) ((for sb./sth.)) ((to-inf)) (某人做某事的)提示. The director gave the actor a cue to begin.

((take one's cue)) ((from sb./sth.)) 从…得到暗示. I took my cue from his silence and left.

同义词: signal, prompt, hint, sign.

“信号”的含义来自字母“Q”,是拉丁语“quando”(何时)的缩写,用于剧本中。台球杆的含义来自法语“queue”(尾巴)。

记住两个主要含义:一个是信号(就像在排队(queue)等待轮到你),另一个是台球杆。它们是同音异形异义词。

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