在美式英语中有一个与之相关的俚语as bald as a cue ball，意为“秃得像白球一样，全秃的”。
When he took off his hat, we saw that he was as bald as a cue ball.
他脱帽后，我们发现他头全秃了。
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作为动词，cue则表示“〔尤指在表演中〕提示”。
to give someone a sign that it is the right moment for them to speak or do something, especially during a performance
The studio manager will cue you when it's your turn to come on.
该你上场的时候，制作经理会提示你的。
The change of seasons also cues the start of migration.
季节的更替也给出了开始迁徙的信号。
短语cue up意为“将磁带等放置所需位置”。
The DVD player's cued up and ready to go.
录像带已经到位，可以开始了。
Officer, I cued it up to the clearest shot of the guy.
长官，我把录像倒到能看清罪犯的地方了。
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演员或主持人等在舞台上忘记台词时，现场导演用来提示台词等内容的提示板/提示卡；或者在考试时的提示卡对话，都可以叫做cue card. 当然，如果是机器类的自动提词器，则叫做autocue或teleprompter.
提词器
cue还有一些常见的短语搭配。
比如on cue为“恰好，正好”，相当于right now。
And then on cue, the weather changed.
天气就在这时起了变化。
Right on cue, a butterfly flew up to the plants we were looking at and landed.
就在这时，一只蝴蝶飞到了我们正在看的植物上，落在了那上面。
take one's cue from意为“学某人的样，模仿某人”。
The salesman controls the timing of a sale, but he should take his cues fromthe buyer.
销售人员控制销售的时机，但他应该听从买方的指示。
With interest rates, the smaller banks will take their cue from the Federal Bank.
在利率方面，小银行会效仿联邦银行。
