英语词汇“clue”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

clueclue1 /klu/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYclue¹

Origin: 1500-1600 clew ball of string (11-19 centuries), from Old English cliewen; from the use of a ball of string for finding the way out of a network of passages

COLLOCATIONS► searching for clues

Hayward police continued searching for clues in the death of a 43-year-old man.

► provide/yield clues

The analysis will provide clues about the author’s true identity.

► give ... a clue

I’ll give you a clue – it’s a kind of bird.

1an object, piece of information, reason, etc. that helps you explain something or solve a crime: Hayward police continued searching for clues in the death of a 43-year-old man.clue to/about Unexplained weight loss may be an early clue to a health problem. Scientists examine fossils for clues about how dinosaurs lived and died.clue as to clues as to the cause of the car crashprovide/yield clues The analysis will provide clues about the author’s true identity.2not have a clue (also have no clue) informal to not have any idea about the answer to a question, how to do something, how something works, etc.: Until I got there, I had no clue what I was going to say.clue about He doesn’t have a clue about the business.3a piece of information that helps you solve a puzzle, answer a question, etc.: I’ll give you a clue – it’s a kind of bird.4a question that you must solve in order to find the answer to a crossword puzzle or other game [Origin: 1500–1600 clew ball of string (11–19 centuries), from Old English cliewen; from the use of a ball of string for finding the way out of a network of passages]

noun | verb

clueclue2 verb

VERB TABLE

clue

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	clue
	he, she, it	clues
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	clued
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have clued
	he, she, it	has clued
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had clued
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will clue
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have clued

Continuous Form
Present	I	am cluing
	he, she, it	is cluing
	you, we, they	are cluing
Past	I, he, she, it	was cluing
	you, we, they	were cluing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been cluing
	he, she, it	has been cluing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been cluing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be cluing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been cluing

clue somebody in phrasal verb informal to give someone information about something: clue in on Somebody must have clued him in on our sales strategy.