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cuenoun[C](SIGNAL)a word oractionin aplayorfilmthat is used as asignalby aperformertobeginsaying or doing something （戏剧或电影中用来暗示演员开始说或做某事的）尾白，提示asignalfor someone to do something: 暗示；信号[+ to infinitive]Theystartedwashingup, so that wasourcuetoleavetheparty.他们开始洗刷碗碟了，这就是暗示我们该离开聚会了。 on cue If somethinghappenson cue, ithappensjust after someone has said orthoughtit wouldhappen: 恰恰在这时，正好在此时I was justwonderingwhere Sarah was, when,righton cue, she came in.我正纳闷萨拉去哪了，恰在这时，她就进来了。 takeyourcue fromsomeone to takenoticeof someone's words orbehaviourso that youknowwhat you should do: 照…的样子做；模仿…；仿效…Shewatchedhislipscarefullyand took her cue from him.她紧盯着他的嘴唇，照他的吩咐行事。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesCinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts - billing
- bit part
- callback
- cast list
- casting couch
- chorus
- dialogue
- exit
- fictionalize
- Harlequin
- miscast
- opposite
- pantomime horse
- script
- tapescript
- teleplay
- theatre
- title role
- typecast
- understudy
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Signs, signals and symbols cuenoun[C](STICK)along,thinwoodenpolewith asmallpieceofleatherat one end, used forhittingtheballingamessuch asbilliardsorsnooker （台球等撞球游戏的）球杆SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSnooker, pool & billiards - billiard
- billiard ball
- billiards
- break
- break(something)off
- cannon
- carom
- cushion
- frame
- miscue
- pocket
- pool
- pot
- rack
- re-rack
- re-spot
- snooker
- snooker ball
- triangle
See more results » Idiomtakeyourcue fromsomething/someone to give someone asignalto do something: 提示；暗示With anodof hishead, thedrummercued theleadsingerin.鼓手点了一下头，暗示领唱开始。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesGestures & gesturing - air punch
- air quotes
- bat
- beckon
- bird
- blow
- blowsomeonea kissphrase
- flipsomeoneoff
- flourish
- gesticulate
- gesticulation
- gesture
- peace sign
- pumpsomeone'shandidiom
- shrug
- signing
- snapyourfingersidiom
- stick/putyourtongue outidiom
- tongue
- wink
See more results » cue sthidiominformalhumorousused when saying that youexpectaparticularthing tohappennext: At thispointin afilmthevillainusuallyenterstheplot. Cuescarybackgroundmusic. This is thebestgameI'veeverseen. (Cue everyonecommentingtotellme they'veseenbetter.) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesPlanning, expecting and arranging - accidentally
- accidentally on purposeidiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim atsomething
- bargain
- I might have knownidiom
- I'll/we'll cross that bridge when I/we come/get to itidiom
- insomeone'scrosshairsidiom
- in the pipelineidiom
- in the worksidiom
- planner
- provision
- purposefully
- purposely
- put the cart before the horseidiom
- puttheirheads togetheridiom
- rearrange
- settle
- sleeve
See more results » cuenoun[C](SIGNAL)a word oractionin aplayorfilmthat is used as asignalby aperformertobeginsaying or doing something （戏剧或电影中用来暗示演员开始说或做某事的）尾白，提示 asignalfor someone to do something 暗示；信号[+ to infinitive]Theystartedwashingup, so that wasourcuetoleavetheparty.他们开始洗刷碗碟了，这就是暗示我们该离开聚会了。 on cue If somethinghappenson cue, ithappensjust after someone has said orthoughtit wouldhappen. 恰恰在这时，正好在此时I was justwonderingwhere Sarah was, when,righton cue, she came in.我正纳闷萨拉去哪了，恰在这时，她就进来了。 takeyourcue fromsb to takenoticeof someone's words orbehaviourso that youknowwhat you should do 照…的样子做；模仿…；仿效…Shewatchedhislipscarefullyand took her cue from him.她紧盯着他的嘴唇，照他的吩咐行事。 cuenoun[C](STICK)along,thinwoodenpolewith asmallpieceofleatherat one end, used forhittingtheballingamessuch asbilliardsorsnooker （台球等撞球游戏的）球杆 to give someone asignalto do something 提示；暗示With anodof hishead, thedrummercued theleadsingerin.鼓手点了一下头，暗示领唱开始。 cuenoun[C](SIGNAL)asignalfor someone to do or say something,esp. in aplayormovie: Shewaitedfor her cue – theringof thetelephone– to come onstage. Beingpassedover forpromotiontwicewas his cue tostartlookingfor anotherjob. cuenoun[C](STICK)in thegameofpool, along, round,woodenstickheldat one end and used tohitawhiteballandmoveit against another or otherballstorollthem intoholesaround theedgeof atablecoveredwithcloth Examplesofcuecue These sources, both linguistic (intraand interlingual) and extralinguistic, represent the learners' own knowledge interacting with cues from the words themselves and the surrounding text.From theCambridge English Corpus Luminance gradients are usually thought to provide cues about the interactions of light and surfaces that model the volume of the resulting object.From theCambridge English Corpus Narrative form integrates situations and context, and less salient cues, to infer whether an emotion indicates suffering or something else.From theCambridge English Corpus One reason that learning to parse text may present a challenge is because, unlike speech, printed text conveys few direct prosodic cues.From theCambridge English Corpus Non-verbal cooperation was employed when the group was engaged in playing together and included musical and visual cues.From theCambridge English Corpus If we are generous in deciding what utterances involve transfer, thecuevalidity of the construction is markedly higher than the cue validity for verbs.From theCambridge English Corpus It can be hypothesized that males seem to require both visual and volatile cues.From theCambridge English Corpus It is perhaps more appropriate to describe these final vowels as phonological cues, an issue to which we return.From theCambridge English Corpus The distinct spontaneous activities of different bipolar cell types might provide acuefor the activity-dependent segregation of multiple parallel visual pathways.From theCambridge English Corpus These partners viewed the person's ' dysfunctional ' behaviours as indicating helplessness and confusion rather than seeing them as presentational cues to the person's preferred persona.From theCambridge English Corpus While performing a task, if a subject tries to use the normal hand, the bulky glove serves to remind (cue) them to not do so.From theCambridge English Corpus Although a low presence ofcuephrases can lead to many undiscovered relations, they can serve as a reference for annotators.From theCambridge English Corpus They found that, overall, listeners of these languages paid less attention to stress than to intrasentential cues in deciding agent - patient relations.From theCambridge English Corpus Note that availability differs from the notion of frequency in that it refers to the presence of acueas marker of a particular function.From theCambridge English Corpus It is possible that when children did not have a clear verb bias they relied on other cues to interpret the sentence.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. CollocationswithcuecueThese are words often used in combination withcue. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. acoustic cue In the production of speech, there is a natural temporal precedence for the articulatory gesture over the associated acoustic cue. From theCambridge English Corpus audio cue A reliance upon audio cues rather than an assumption that electrical signals will produce a desired affect appeared to create a more intimate relationship between the performer and computer. From theCambridge English Corpus emotional cue In one pathway, insufficient or inefficient learning based upon experience would leave an individual unable to predict and respond quickly to emotional cues. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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