cue

• cue /kju:/ [from qu, short form of Latin quando 'when', used as a direction in actors' copies of plays.]
• cure /kjuə/ [Origin: Latin cura 'care']
• If you hoe /həu/ a field or crop, you use a hoe on the weeds or soil there.
• hue /hju:/ [Language: Old English; Origin: hiw] 颜色; 色彩; 色调; 色度

Cue may refer to:

Event markers

• Sensory cue, in perception (experimental psychology)
• Cue (theatrical), the trigger for an action to be carried out at a specific time, in theatre or film
• Cue (show control), the electronic rendering of the specific action(s) to be carried out at a specific time by a show control system
• Voice cue, in dance, words or sounds that help match rhythmic patterns of steps with the music
• Cue mark, in motion picture film to signal projectionists of reel changes
• Cue, a vocal message given by a group fitness instructor to inform participants of upcoming sequences, such as a change in stretching direction

Music and audio

• Cue tone, a message consisting of audio tones, used to prompt an action.
• Cue (audio), to determine the desired initial playback point in a piece of recorded music
• Cue sheet (computing), a metadata file that describes how the tracks of an audio track are laid out
• Source cue, music that emanates from an element visible within a theatrical or movie scene, like a piano, jukebox or car radio
• Musical cue, on sheet music helps ensemble musicians to coordinate their playing. It may also refer to a musical trigger for a theatrical cue

Other uses

• Cue stick, in billiard-type games
• Cue bid, a type of bid in the card game contract bridge [桥牌]
• "Cue" (among other spellings), a spelled-out name for the letter Q in the English alphabet
• ".cue", used in the filename of cue sheets, descriptor files for specifying the layout of CD or DVD tracks
• Cueing (medicine), rehabilitation techniques for Parkinson's disease patients to improve walking

六级/考研单词: cue, cure, weed, psychology, trigger, electron, render, rhythm, reel, vocal, instruct, notify, audio, desire, compute, coordinate, alphabet, layout, medicare, rehabilitate