cue的词源

英文词源

cue

cue: Cue has several meanings in English, and it is not clear whether they can all be considered to be the same word. In the case of ‘pigtail’ and ‘billiard stick’, both of which appeared in the 18th century, cue is clearly just a variant spelling of queue, but although cue ‘actor’s prompt’ [16] has been referred by some to the same source (on the grounds that it represents the ‘tail’ – from French queue ‘tail’ – of the previous actor’s speech) there is no direct evidence for this.

Another suggestion is that it represents qu, an abbreviation of Latin quando ‘when’ which was written in actor’s scripts to remind them when to come in.
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cue (v.)

1928, from cue (n.1). Related: Cued, cueing.

cue (n.1)

"stage direction," 1550s, from Q, which was used 16c., 17c. in stage plays to indicate actors' entrances, probably as an abbreviation of Latin quando "when" (see quandary) or a similar Latin adverb. Shakespeare's printed texts have it as both Q and cue.

cue (n.2)

"billiard stick," 1749, variant of queue (n.). Cue ball first recorded 1881.

中文词源

cue（提示）：戏剧脚本的提示标志

在16和17世纪时，在西方戏剧的脚本上，往往有表示提醒演员说话或上场的提示符号Q，Q是拉丁单词quando（=英语中的when）的缩写。后来，这个符号逐渐演变为单词cue，其发音跟Q一样。词义也逐渐扩展，不仅可以用来表示戏剧中的提示，还可以表示任何提示。

cue：n.提示，暗示，线索v.给……暗示。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：cue 词源，cue 含义。

cue：尾白，暗示；球杆，辫子

在16和17世纪时，意为“何时”的拉丁文单词quando常被缩略为Q，q或qu，用于演员脚本作为一种标识，提醒另一演员应该何时接言或上场。嗣后，含有此义的字母Q逐渐被拼成cue。虽然标有Q的演员脚本没有残存后世，但几位16和17世纪作家曾谈及这一做法。最初cue仅用于戏剧，指“（暗示另一演员出场或说话的）“尾白”或“提示”，以后常用以泛指“暗示”。

英语另一个cue指“（台球等的）球杆”或“辫子”，它的词源与上面提到的cue不同，是原义为“尾巴”的法语借用词queue的变体。

cue：暗示，弹子棒

1.暗示，来自拉丁语quando,何时，来自PIE*kwa,疑问指示词干，词源同when,how,what. 2.台球杆，来自queue,尾巴。