cue
noun /kjuː/
/kjuː/
Idioms - an action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something
暗示；提示；信号 - cue (for something) Jon's arrival was a cue for more champagne.
乔恩一来就意味着要喝更多的香槟酒了。 - cue to do something I think that's my cue to explain why I'm here.
我想这就是要我解释一下我为什么到这里来。
Homophones cue | queuecue queue/kjuː//kjuː/- cue noun
- I took this as my cue to leave.
我认为这是我离开的暗示。
- I took this as my cue to leave.
- queue noun
- There was a long queue at the ticket office.
售票处前排了很长的队。
- There was a long queue at the ticket office.
- queue verb
- I had to queue for ages before it was my turn.
轮到我之前，我不得不排了很久的队。
- I had to queue for ages before it was my turn.
- Her husband took his cue, and said that it was time for them to leave.
她的丈夫心领神会，提出他们该离开了。 - This remark provided the cue for the crowd to start jeering.
这句话提示观众该发出嘲笑声了。 - This was the cue for him to come into the room.
这是让他进房间的信号。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- visual
- wait for
- follow
- take
- …
- on cue
- cue for
- right on cue
- take your cue from somebody/something
- cue (for something) Jon's arrival was a cue for more champagne.
- cue (to do something) a few words or an action in a play that is a signal for another actor to do something
（戏剧的）提示，暗示，尾白 - She stood in the wings and waited for her cue to go on.
她站在舞台侧面等待着出场的提示。 - She had not yet been given the cue to go on to the stage.
她还没得到登台的提示。
WordfinderTopics Film and theatreb2- cue
- dresser
- matinee
- opening night
- ovation
- performance
- prompter
- rehearsal
- scene-shifter
- stage manager
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- visual
- wait for
- follow
- take
- …
- on cue
- cue for
- right on cue
- take your cue from somebody/something
- She stood in the wings and waited for her cue to go on.
- enlarge imagea long wooden stick with a leather tip, used for hitting the ball in the games of billiards, pool and snooker
（台球等的）球杆，弹子棒
词源noun senses 1 to 2 mid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. noun sense 3 mid 18th cent. (denoting a long plait or pigtail): variant of queue.
Idioms
(right) on cue
- at exactly the moment you expect or that is appropriate
恰好在这时；就在这时候 - ‘Where is that boy?’ As if on cue, Simon appeared in the doorway.
“那男孩在哪里？” 西蒙像是接到了信号一样刚好出现在门口。 - I can't just cry on cue!
我不会说哭就哭！
- ‘Where is that boy?’ As if on cue, Simon appeared in the doorway.
take your cue from somebody/something
- to copy what somebody else does as an example of how to behave or what to do
模仿…的样子做；学…的样 - Investors are taking their cue from the big banks and selling dollars.
投资者效法大银行卖出美元。 - They all took their cue from their leader.
他们都效仿他们的领导。
- Investors are taking their cue from the big banks and selling dollars.