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cue SIGNALkjU:n [C]a word or action said by a performer in a play or film, which is used as a signal by another performer to begin saying or doing something(用来暗示另一演员出场或说话的)对白或动作In my first stage appearance, I almost missed my cue.在我首次登台演戏时，我差点错过了进场的提示。When he turns around, it's her cue to come out of the wardrobe. [+ to infinitive]当他转身时，那便是在暗示她该从衣橱里走出来了。A cue is also a signal for someone to do something.暗示，信号They started washing up, so that was our cue to leave the party. [+ to infinitive]他们开始洗刷碗碟，这就暗示我们该离开晚会了。If something happens on cue, it happens just after someone has said or thought it would happen.恰在这时I was just wondering where Sarah was, when right on cue she came in.我正在想萨拉在哪，恰在这时，她就进来了。If you take your cue from someone, you take notice of their words or behaviour so that you know what you should do.听从…的劝告She watched his lips carefully and took her cue from him.她紧盯着他的嘴唇（聆听每一句话），按他指示行事。If you take your cue from something, you are greatly influenced by it.学…的样，受…影响The architects took their cue for the design of the new pub from the nearby Jacobean house, Aston Hall.建筑师受附近英王詹姆士一世时代建筑----阿斯顿大厅的启发来设计新酒店。
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