queue
noun
verb
kjuː
noun
1
a
line
of
people
waiting
to
enter
a
building,
buy
something
etc,
or
a
line
of
vehicles
waiting
to
move
[英] 〔人或车辆为等候而排的〕队，行列;
BrE AmE
be/stand/wait
in
a
queue
We
stood
in
a
queue
for
half
an
hour.
我们排队等了半个小时。
You’ll
have
to
join
the
queue
.
你得排队。
[+
of
]
a
queue
of
people
waiting
for
the
bus
一队等公共汽车的人
[+
for
]
the
queue
for
the
toilets
排队上厕所的人
queue
to
do
sth
There
was
a
long
queue
to
get
into
the
cinema.
进电影院排了很长的队。
the
front/head/back/end
of
a
queue
At
last
we
got
to
the
front
of
the
queue.
我们终于排到了队伍的前面。
2
all
the
people
who
are
waiting
to
have
or
get
something
[英] 〔为得到某物而〕等待的人群
BrE
You’ll
have
to
join
the
housing
queue.
你得排队等待住房分配。
[+
for
]
the
queue
for
kidney
transplant
operations
排队等待做肾脏移植手术的人们
It
is
possible
to
jump
the
queue
(=get
something
before
people
who
have
been
waiting
longer)
if
you
are
prepared
to
pay
for
your
treatment.
你要是愿意让别人指责的话，你就插队吧。
3
a
list
of
jobs
that
a
computer
has
to
do
in
a
particular
order
[术语] 队列〔计算机必须按一定顺序处理的一系列工作〕
technical
the
print
queue
打印队列
4
a
number
of
telephone
calls
to
a
particular
number
that
are
waiting
to
be
answered
呼叫队列
verb
5
to
form
or
join
a
line
of
people
or
vehicles
waiting
to
do
something
or
go
somewhere
排队〔等候〕;
AmE
[+
for
]
Some
of
the
people
queuing
for
tickets
had
been
there
since
dawn.
买票队伍中有些人从黎明就开始在排队了。
queue
(up)
to
do
sth
We
had
to
queue
up
for
ages
to
get
served.
我们不得不排了很长时间的队才等候到服务。
6
if
people
are
queueing
up
to
do
something,
they
all
want
to
do
it
very
much
竞相，抢着〔做某事〕
queue
up
to
do
sth
The
school
is
one
of
the
best,
and
parents
are
queueing
up
to
send
their
children
there.
这是最好的学校之一，父母都争先恐后地送子女到那里上学。
queue
up
for
sth
Actresses
are
queuing
up
for
the
part.
女演员都在竞相争取这个角色。