cue /ˈkju/
 開端,線索,開始,長隊,髮辮(vt.)編髮辮


 cue /ˈkju/ 名詞
 信號,線索


 cue
 提示 暗號


 Cue, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.


 Cue, n.  A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.]
 Note: ☞ The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter q being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion.
 Hast thou worn
 Gowns in the university, tossed logic,
 Sucked philosophy, eat cues?   --Old Play.

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 Cue n.
 1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
 2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.
    When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer.   --Shak.
 3. A hint or intimation.
    Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.   --Swift.
 4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.
 Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it
 Without a prompter.   --Shak.
 5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.]
 6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.


 cue
      n 1: an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a
           reminder for some action or speech
      2: evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: clue, clew]
      3: a stimulus that provides information about what to do [syn:
         discriminative stimulus]
      4: sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike
         a cue ball in pool or billiards [syn: cue stick, {pool
         cue, pool stick]
      v : assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next
          words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned [syn:
           prompt, remind]