Well, in the 1590s, a ball of yarn was called a clew, spelled c-l-e-w.

16世纪90年代，毛线球叫做线团，拼写是clew。

Tantripp would never have found the clew to this mystery.

坦特里普永远不会找到解开这个谜团线。

The main-topsail was clewed up and fortunately saved, the mizzen-staysail was set.

主顶帆被， 运是，mizzen-staysail 被设置好了。

What was Mr. Casaubon's bias his acts will give us a clew to.

卡邦先生偏见是什么, 为将给我们一个线。

At present it is most awkward. Neither hair, dress, nor conversation affords the slightest clew, and you are left to guess.

目前是最尴尬。头发、衣服和谈话都不能提供丝毫线，只能靠猜测了。

Mr. Brooke, meanwhile, having lost other clews, fell back on himself and his qualifications — always an appropriate graceful subject for a candidate.

与此同时，布鲁克先生在失去其线后，又回到了自己和资历上——对于候选人来说，这始终是一个恰当而优雅话题。

With regard to horses, distrust was your only clew.

关于马，不信任是你唯一线。