clew.
/kloo/US // klu //UK // (kluː) //
劈叉,劈头,劈腿,劈头盖脸
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›clue.
- ›Nautical. either lower corner of a square sail or the after lower corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
- ›a ball or skein of thread, yarn, etc.
- ›Usually clews. the rigging for a hammock.
- ›Theater. a metal device holding scenery lines controlled by one weighted line.
- ›Classical Mythology. the thread by which Theseus found his way out of the labyrinth.
v.verb · 有主动词
- 1.
- ›to coil into a ball.
- ›clue.
- ›Theater. to draw up the bottom edge of and fold out of view; bag.to secure with a clew.
- 1.
- ›clew down, Nautical. to secure in an unfurled position.
- ›clew up, Nautical. to haul up to the yard by means of the clew lines.
Examples
But if the comrades preserve silence, all will be well, for I was careful to leave no clew.
It is not a common one, and if given to the papers, may result in our receiving a clew to a mystery which seems impenetrable.
He did not see him, yet another man gave him the clew and unwittingly directed him to the house of Citizen Fargeau.
Mr. Nepean, I think, has indeed opened himself at last, and given a pretty plain clew to their disposition not to support you.
The label on a trade package of Hydronaphthol gives no clew as to the nature of the product.
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