clues

英 [kluːz]

美 [kluːz]

n.  (帮助警方破案的)线索，迹象; (问题答案的)线索，提示; (纵横填字谜、游戏或问题的)提示词语，解答提示
clue的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 线索;提示
  Aclue toa problem or mystery is something that helps you to find the answer to it.
  1. Geneticists in Canada have discovered a clue to the puzzle of why our cells get old and die...
     加拿大的遗传学家已经发现了解开细胞衰老、死亡之谜的线索。
  2. How a man shaves may be a telling clue to his age.
     男人刮胡子的方式也许能泄露其年龄。
• N-COUNT (破案)线索
  Aclueis an object or piece of information that helps someone solve a crime.
  1. The vital clue to the killer's identity was his nickname, Peanuts.
     查明杀手身份的重要线索是他的外号叫“花生”。
• (纵横填字游戏的)提示语，解答提示
  Acluein a crossword or game is information which is given to help you to find the answer to a question.
• PHRASE 不知道;一无所知
  If youhaven't a clueabout something, you do not know anything about it or you have no idea what to do about it.
  1. I haven't a clue what I'll give Carl for his birthday next year.
     我不知道明年卡尔过生日我该送什么。

双语例句

• So they devised a series of clues and maps to its location.
  他们设计了一系列的线索和藏宝图。
• The analysis of the samples on the murder spot showed some valuable clues to the police.
  对谋杀现场标本的分析为警察提供了一些有价值的线索。
• Have you been given any clues as to what happens to your character?
  你被告知你的角色将要发生什么的线索了吗？
• It's subtle, you have to be intuitive or watch clues.
  运用你的直觉或对线索的观察去体验这微妙的关系。
• On the clues of laboratories and insect species, the investigation process of each enzyme is introduced and generalized.
  按实验室和昆虫种类为线索，归纳和概括了每一种保幼激素代谢酶的研究进程；
• That I missed all the clues to his past.
  我失去了他的过去的所有线索。
• There are clues in the case.
  此案有蛛丝马迹可寻。
• There was a vast distance between psychological clues and concrete proof
  心理提示和确凿证据之间相差甚远。
• I tried to find but no clues.
  我去找了但是没线索。
• With these clues to assist us, we can begin to identify the parents.
  有这些线索帮助，我们可以开始辨认其父母了。