cue
The name of the Latin script letter Q/qThe name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
» The men are smiling on cue.
Чоловіки посміхалися в потрібний момент.
Значение
значений: 9The name of the Latin script letter Q/q.
кьюkʹju, куku
An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
Wink, Signal, Hinweis
намёкnamjók, сигна́лsignál
The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
Stichwort
подсказкаpodskazka
A marker or signal that triggers something, such as the start of an audio recording.
A hint or intimation.
подсказкаpodskazka
нáтякnátjak
A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
Queue, Billardstock
кийkij
кийkyj
(Британия, устаревшее)A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrāns (“farthing”)) in the buttery books.
(устаревшее)Humour; temper of mind.
(устаревшее)The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.
- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards
- an actor's line that immediately precedes and serves as a reminder for some action or speech
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do
- evidence that helps to solve a problem
Примеры
предложений: 24The men are smiling on cue.
ukЧоловіки посміхалися в потрібний момент.
I'll take my cue from you.
When I cough twice, that's your cue to come into the room.
Когда я кашляну два раза, это сигнал, что ты должен войти в комнату.
Cue cards are used primarily on television to help the actors remember their lines.
Суфлёрские карточки в основном используются на телевидении, чтобы помочь актёрам вспомнить их реплики.
That's my cue.
Это мой условный сигнал.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 4
По значениям 3
Происхождение
From Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadFrom Middle English cu (used for half a farthing, from q as an abbreviation for Latin quadrāns (“quarter of an as”)), from Latin cū, kū. Compare French ku.
From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quandō (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.
Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).
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Формы
мн. число: cuesСинонимы
синонимов: 6- sports implement consisting of a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards:cue stickpool cuepool stick
- a stimulus that provides information about what to do:discriminative stimulus
- evidence that helps to solve a problem:clueclew