单词	cue
释义	cue1 nouncue2 verb cuecue1 /kjuː/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcue1 Origin: 1-4 1500-1600 Probably from qu, short form of Latin quando ‘when’, used as a direction in actors' copies of plays. 5 1700-1800 French queue ‘tail, cue’, from Latin cauda Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Some people can cope with hearing loss by using other cues to meaning. Use the leash to give the dog cues about what you want him to do. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Black, taking his cue from the darkness, stands up from his spot and extends his hand to Blue. He was irritated when a cue to speak interrupted his imagining. The cue maker then carefully chooses and seasons the wood, before tapering and sanding it down on a lathe. The audience will take cues from you. The idea is to see if the terms on which bargainers settle can be influenced by such cues. The woman takes her cue from the guy eventually. There are cues that signify congestion. Thus the cues of subordinates, peers, supervisors, family and friends become important triggers to arousal. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorhappening or arriving at the arranged time► on time · The trains don't always arrive on time.· The company will lose money if the work isn't completed on time.· Did Philip pay up on time?on time for · I hate not being on time for class. ► right on time exactly on time: · Gary turned up right on time, holding a big bouquet of flowers.· Ah, Mrs Shields, you're right on time! ► bang/dead on time British informal exactly on time: · The baby arrived on the 16th -- bang on time!· He looked at his watch. He was dead on time. ► promptly/punctually if you do something punctually or promptly , you do it at the time that you arranged to do it: · Linda always pays her rent promptly on the 1st of the month.· Loretta arrived punctually at her office the next day at ten o'clock. ► on cue if you do something on cue , you do it exactly at the moment when other people expect you to do it: · Jim told one of his terrible jokes and everyone laughed on cue.as if on cue: · "Ashley should be here soon", said Jo, and as if on cue, there was a knock at the door.right/bang on cue: · We were looking out over the sea when, right on cue, the dolphins appeared. ► on the dot : at 6.30/ten o'clock/ seven etc on the dot at 6.30, ten o'clock etc exactly: · He gets annoyed if his lunch isn't ready at one o'clock on the dot.· I expect you to arrive at 7:30 on the dot. WORD SETS► Other Games bar billiards, nounbeanbag, nounbilliards, nounblind man's buff, nounchicken, nouncrazy golf, nouncrossword, nouncue, nouncue ball, nouncushion, noundoll's house, noundomino, noundouble-Dutch, noundressing-up, nounducks and drakes, nounflag football, nounframe, nounhide-and-seek, nounkeep-away, nounkickball, nounkite-flying, nounleapfrog, nounmarble, nounmaze, nounmusical chairs, nounninepins, nounnoughts and crosses, nounpaper chase, nounparlour game, nounpeekaboo, interjectionplay, verbpocket, verbpool, nounpool hall, nounpot, verbpuzzle, nounsack race, nounskip, verbskipping rope, nounskittle, nounsnowball, nounsnowman, nounYo-Yo, nounzap, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► miss your cue (=not speak or act when you are supposed to) COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► visual · Body language is probably the most important visual cue.· We are responding to the visual cues.· Nor are women so fixated by visual cues, so obsessed with physical rivalry.· It is communicated both by auditory and visual cues.· Nevertheless, rats can be trained to carry out visual discrimination tasks and will use visual cues to guide their natural behaviour. NOUN► pool · At least one knife was used and a broken pool cue.· At first it was thought the men may have been stabbed with a broken pool cue. VERB► give · When given such a cue, the reply had to emerge.· It was hard to tell whether Greene was giving cues to the crowd or taking them from it.· When you do, we will keep the tape running and give you a cue line.· The elephants are given a cue to start and then they improvise. ► miss · As soon as anyone misses their cue they return to number one and all those below the number move up one. ► provide · However, they are probably too infrequent to provide hearers with cues to ethnicity.· Along the way she provides cues and signals to help the child with the next step.· The system involves classifying lip-patterns which look alike and providing cues to disambiguate them.· Information gleaned from those discussions may help the next day by providing cues on how to approach her opponents. ► take · Eventually, taking my cue as previously coached, I found myself shaking hands with Prince Charles.· Maybe the academy membership took its cues from the small panel that decided the nominees in the top four categories.· McGee, who had clearly been primed, did not move and Julia took her cue from him.· They speculated, taking their cues from the beliefs of many religions, that mind would eventually free itself from matter.· Well, he took my cue.· It is time for us to take our cue from Buku khan and tackle the linguistic landscape of the Tarim Basin.· The next man, taking his cue, did the same, and the next. ► use · They use intonational cues to signal the start of a new paragraph.· This suggests that axons within such a bundle recognise one another using molecular cues and as such its relevance may be quite general.· Nevertheless, rats can be trained to carry out visual discrimination tasks and will use visual cues to guide their natural behaviour. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► (right/as if) on cue And, as if on cue, I did. And, on cue, he heard the sound of hoofbeats ` on the wind. Dead on cue the runner hurries over to Eli to answer his question. Right on cue, a butterfly flew up to the plants we were looking at and landed! She passed a couple of groundskeepers, who turned as if on cue for a second look. She should have become angry with him for his persistence, on cue, but for some reason she didn't. The boys slashed, jumped, and shouted with enthusiasm and on cue. The sky, as if on cue, was overcast. ► take your cue from somebody The salesman controls the timing of a sale, but he should take his cues from the buyer. But there was change in the air: one woman began to study and others took their cue from her. I took my cue from her, surviving the eulogy by neatly disconnecting myself from what was said. Maybe the academy membership took its cues from the small panel that decided the nominees in the top four categories. McGee, who had clearly been primed, did not move and Julia took her cue from him. Musically, things take their cues from the staging s unsettling tone. The woman takes her cue from the guy eventually. They speculated, taking their cues from the beliefs of many religions, that mind would eventually free itself from matter. We take our cue from our leaders. 1an action or event that is a signal for something else to happencue for Our success was the cue for other companies to press ahead with new investment.somebody’s cue to do something I think that’s my cue to explain why I’m here.2a word, phrase, or action in a play that is a signal for the next person to speak or act:  She stood nervously in the wings waiting for her cue.miss your cue (=not speak or act when you are supposed to)3(right/as if) on cue happening or done at exactly the right moment:  And then, on cue, the weather changed. As if on cue, Sam arrived.4take your cue from somebody to use someone else’s actions or behaviour to show you what you should do or how you should behave:  With interest rates, the smaller banks will take their cue from the Federal Bank.5a long straight wooden stick used for hitting the ball in games such as billiards and pool cue1 nouncue2 verb cuecue2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE cue Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cue he, she, it cues Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they cued Present perfect I, you, we, they have cued he, she, it has cued Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cued Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cue Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cued Continuous Form Present I am cueing he, she, it is cueing you, we, they are cueing Past I, he, she, it was cueing you, we, they were cueing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been cueing he, she, it has been cueing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been cueing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be cueing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been cueing Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Best to sit back and cue him up for the one-liners. I didn't have a solid grasp of myself - I depended on other people and surroundings to cue me. It takes a trained and sensitive therapist to cue in to your personal needs. It was still 1-1 after extra time, so cue the dreaded penalty shootout. The child's behaviour may then cue the adult as to how successful was the initial interpretation. This will cue the waiter to refill it. When the sun goes down, the eyes cue the gland to start pumping melatonin. to give someone a sign that it is the right moment for them to speak or do something, especially during a performance:  The studio manager will cue you when it’s your turn to come on.cue something ↔ up phrasal verb to make a record, CD, DVD etc be exactly in the position you want it to be in, so that you can play something immediately when you are ready:  The DVD player's cued up and ready to go!
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