| 单词 | clue |
| 释义 | clue clue /kluː/ noun [C] ► B2 a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, or mystery: » Police are still looking for clues in their search for the missing girl.» I'm never going to guess the answer if you don't give me a clue.Thesaurus+: ↑Solving and solutionsWord partners for clue• ♯give/♯offer/♯provide a clue• ♯look for/♯search for clues• an ♯important/♯useful/♯vital clue• a clue ♯about/♯as to/♯to sthCollocations:–Verbs-lu. give/offer/provide a clue» Eyewitness descriptions provided some clues as to the identity of the robbers.-lu. not have a clue» She doesn't have a clue what she wants to do when she leaves school.-lu. look for/search for clues» Investigators looked for clues to help them establish the cause of the fire.–Adjectives-lu. an important/useful/vital clue» The thief was quickly arrested after leaving behind a vital clue .-lu. possible clues» Police and dogs searched the area for possible clues.–Types-lu. a cryptic clue» Players have to solve a series of cryptic clues in order to go onto the next level.-lu. a visual clue» The book has plenty of visual clues to help children learn to read.–Phrases-lu. not have the faintest/ much of a/ the slightest clue» She didn't have the faintest clue that her son hadn't been going to school.–Prepositions-lu. a clue about/as to/to/of sth» He had no clue as to how he ended up in a field on the other side of the country. • • • Extra Examples:» The police found a vital clue to the girl's disappearance in a wooded area near her home.» Forensic scientists are going over the victim's flat in a search for clues about the murderer.» The police are collecting clues in order to piece together the details of the day she died.» He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer.» The police tried to reconstruct the crime using the statements of witnesses and clues that they had found. |
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