clue
noun [ C ] uk/kluː/ us/kluː/
B2 线索;迹象;提示
a sign or some information that helps you to find the answer to a problem, question, or mystery
Police are still looking for clues in their search for the missing girl. 警方仍在寻找失踪女孩的线索。
I'm never going to guess the answer if you don't give me a clue. 要是你不给我一点提示，我永远也猜不到答案。
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- The police found a vital clue to the girl's disappearance in a wooded area near her home.
- Forensic scientists are going over the victim's flat in a search for clues about the murderer.
- The police are collecting clues in order to piece together the details of the day she died.
- He pored over the letter searching for clues about the writer.
- The police tried to reconstruct the crime using the statements of witnesses and clues that they had found.
Idiom
not have a clue/have no clueidiom informalB2 毫无头绪；毫不理解；一无所知
to be completely unable to guess, understand, or deal with something
"Who invented algebra?" "I don't have a clue." “代数是谁发明的？”“我压根儿不知道。”
Don't ask your father which key to press - he hasn't got a clue about computers. 别问你父亲该按哪个键——他对计算机一窍不通。