cue
noun/kjuː/
Слово англійською: cue
Переклад cue українською: білья́рдний кий, ре́пліка (акто́ра), настрій, натяк, сигнал
Детальний опис
- an action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something
- cue (for something) Jon's arrival was a cue for more champagne.
- cue to do something I think that's my cue to explain why I'm here.
Homophones cue | queuecue queue/kjuː/- cue noun
- I took this as my cue to leave.
- queue noun
- There was a long queue at the coffee shop.
- queue verb
- I had to queue for ages before it was my turn.
- She stood in the wings and waited for her cue to go on.
- He had not yet been given the cue to go on to the stage.
Wordfinder
- cue
- dresser
- matinee
- opening night
- ovation
- performance
- prompter
- rehearsal
- scene-shifter
- stage manager
Word Originnoun 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
- ‘Where is that boy?’ As if on cue, Simon appeared in the doorway.
- I can't just cry on cue!
take your cue from somebody/something
- to copy what somebody else does as an example of how to behave or what to do
- Investors are taking their cue from the big banks and selling dollars.
- They all took their cue from their leader.