queue
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++queue1 /kjuː/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 1 LINEWAIT British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move 〔人或车辆为等候而排的〕队，行列 SYN American English linebe/stand/wait in a queue We stood in a queue for half an hour. 我们排了半个小时的队。 You’ll have to join the queue. 你得排队。queue of a queue of people waiting for the bus 一队等公共汽车的人queue for the queue for the toilets 排队上厕所的人queue to do something There was a long queue to get into the cinema. 人们排长队进入电影院。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 British English all the people who are waiting to have or get something 〔为得到某物而〕等待的人群 You’ll have to join the housing queue. 你得排队等待住房分配。queue for the queue for kidney transplant operations 排队等待做肾脏移植手术的患者 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. 你要是愿意自费看病，可以不用排队。3 technicalTD a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order 队列〔计算机必须按一定顺序处理的一系列工作〕 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 → the dole queue at dole1(2)n COLLOCATIONSverbsstand/wait in a queueShe stood in the queue at the checkout.be in a queueI've been in this queue for fifteen minutes.form a queueOther passengers for the train were forming a queue.join a queueHe went back inside to join the queue for the toilets.take your place in a queue (=join it)I walked to the bus stop and took my place in the queue.jump the queue (=go to the front rather than joining the end of a queue)An argument developed when she tried to jump the queue.a queue formsA queue had formed outside the shop.a queue stretches somewhereThe queue stretched the full length of the building.adjectiveslong/bigAlready a long queue had formed outside the concert hallThere was a big queue.smallThere was a small queue of people waiting to see the doctor.an orderly queue (=with no bad behaviour or pushing in front of other people)She told the children to form an orderly queue.phrasesthe front/head of the queueHe pushed his way to the front of the queue.the back/end of the queueGet to the back of the queue!be first in a queueI wanted to be first in the queue when the doors opened.
Examples from the Corpus
queue• The women who were waiting outside the toilets began to form a queue.• There was a queue of about fifteen people at the bus stop.• Before long, lengthy queues began to form before opening time.• There was a long queue for the toilets.• Three girls lost two weeks for talking in the medicine queue whilst waiting for doses.• If you're heading for the Paris Disney during the Easter holidays, how can you beat the queues?• Meredith, recalling her brief conversation with Deanes in the queue, felt compelled to defend him.• Excuse me, are you in the queue?• I joined the queue for a taxi.• Another person joined the queue and the old lady immediately behind him began to look restive.• Credit-checking agencies, credit-card processors and other heavy telecoms users have been at the front of the queue.• At one point the queue stretched four deep for more than a quarter of mile.• The queue went right round the block.be/stand/wait in a queue• No-one walked the corridors or stood in queues and the Headmaster almost seemed friendly, if this is possible to believe.jump the queue• Why not save money - and jump the queue today.• Rayleen helped too, or rather her uniform did, giving us a pseudo-official status which meant we could jump the queue.• We can not jump the queue.queue2 ●○○ verb (also queue up) [intransitive] British English 1 LINEWAITto form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhere 排队〔等候〕 SYN American English line upqueue for Some of the people queuing for tickets had been there since dawn. 购票队伍中有些人天刚亮就来了。queue (up) to do something We had to queue up for ages to get served. 得排很长时间队才会有人给我们上菜。2 if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much 竞相，抢着〔做某事〕queue up to do something The school is one of the best, and parents are queuing 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 something Actresses are queuing up for the part. 女演员都在竞相争取这个角色。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
queue• One of the other passengers who was queueing to get on the train suddenly had a heart attack.• The Caf Gandoplhi is Glasgow's cooling stream bit, assuming you don't mind queuing.• They are just queuing at the door, waiting to be let in.• We had to queue for hours in the rain.• Everyone would be trying to use the lift at that point - probably queuing for it.• He had half expected a divine pre-emptive strike, a thunderbolt maybe, as he queued for the body and blood.• Thousands queued for tickets to see the final.• Game players every where are now queuing up for a copy of this excellent graphical game with breathtaking colours.queue (up) to do something• Kylesku was notorious, and approaching cars raced to be in the front of the queue to avoid a frustrating wait.• After the show, there was a queue to buy the clothes and last year's total was doubled.• People are queuing up to join the voluntary scheme.• Cars stack up behind every bus, while passengers queue to pay their fares.• The Khan boys were queuing up to play me.• For days the queue to sign the Condolence Book in the embassy lobby had stretched twice around Grosvenor Square.• There's even a queue to stroke the police horse.• Sometimes they were queuing to telephone him.queue up to do something• But, like turkeys looking forward to Christmas, industry heavyweights queued up to be part of the action.• But don't fantasise about everyone at a party queuing up to chat to you.• Manufacturers queue up to claim their machines are upgradeable; but some stand out as truly modular.• People are queuing up to join the voluntary scheme.• The Khan boys were queuing up to play me.• Canteen antagonisms ... getting heavily antagonized while you're queuing up to purchase a doughnut.• There is a long catalogue of people who will queue up to write the Secretary of State's epitaph.From Longman Business Dictionaryqueuequeue1 /kjuː/ noun [countable]1British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etcSYN AmE lineThere may be long queues outside stores at sale times.2COMPUTING a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular orderthe number of jobs in the batch queuequeuequeue2 verb (past tense and past participle queued, present participle queuing or queueing) British English1[intransitive] (also queue up) to form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhereCustomers queued for hours to buy the new toy.I queued up at the travel centre to pick up my tickets.2[transitive]COMPUTING if a computer queues a job, it puts it in a list of jobs that are to be done in a particular orderInput or output requests to a file are queued by the operating system.→ See Verb tableOrigin queue (1500-1600) French “tail”, from Latin cauda, codaqueue1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1queue2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese
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queue1 S3 /kjuː/ 
noun [countable]
SYN line American English
be/stand/wait in a queue
We stood in a queue for half an hour.
You’ll have to join the queue.
queue of
a queue of people waiting for the bus
queue for
the queue for the toilets
queue to do something
There was a long queue to get into the cinema.
the front/head/back/end of a queue
At last we got to the front of the queue.
2. British English all the people who are waiting to have or get something:
You’ll have to join the housing queue.
queue for
the queue for kidney transplant operations
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.
3. technical a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order:
the print queue
4. a number of telephone calls to a particular number that are waiting to be answered
⇨ the dole queue at dole1(2)
■ verbs
▪stand/wait in a queue She stood in the queue at the checkout.
▪be in a queue I've been in this queue for fifteen minutes.
▪form a queue Other passengers for the train were forming a queue.
▪join a queue He went back inside to join the queue for the toilets.
▪take your place in a queue (=join it) I walked to the bus stop and took my place in the queue.
▪jump the queue (=go to the front rather than joining the end of a queue) An argument developed when she tried to jump the queue.
▪a queue forms A queue had formed outside the shop.
▪a queue stretches somewhere The queue stretched the full length of the building.
■ adjectives
▪long/big Already a long queue had formed outside the concert hall | There was a big queue.
▪small There was a small queue of people waiting to see the doctor.
▪an orderly queue (=with no bad behaviour or pushing in front of other people) She told the children to form an orderly queue.
■ phrases
▪the front/head of the queue He pushed his way to the front of the queue.
▪the back/end of the queue Get to the back of the queue!
▪be first in a queue I wanted to be first in the queue when the doors opened.
queue2 verb (also queue up) [intransitive] British English
1. to form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhere
SYN line up American English
queue for
Some of the people queuing for tickets had been there since dawn.
queue (up) to do something
We had to queue up for ages to get served.
2. if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much
queue up to do something
The school is one of the best, and parents are queuing up to send their children there.
queue up for something
Actresses are queuing up for the part.
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noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: 'tail', from Latin cauda, coda
1. British English a line of people waiting to enter a building, buy something etc, or a line of vehicles waiting to move Language: French
Origin: 'tail', from Latin cauda, coda
SYN line American English
be/stand/wait in a queue
queue of
queue for
queue to do something
the front/head/back/end of a queue
2. British English all the people who are waiting to have or get something:
queue for
3. technical a list of jobs that a computer has to do in a particular order:
4. a number of telephone calls to a particular number that are waiting to be answered
⇨ the dole queue at dole1(2)
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verb (also queue up) [intransitive] British English1. to form or join a line of people or vehicles waiting to do something or go somewhere
SYN line up American English
queue for
queue (up) to do something
2. if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much
queue up to do something
queue up for something
Shopping 购物
go/go out/be out shopping去／外出／在外购物 go to ( the shops/especially
BrE ( a store/especially
NAmE ( the mallespecially
NAmE 去商店／商场 do ( the shopping/BrE ( the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shoppingespecially
NAmE 购物；购买食品杂货；逛街浏览一下商店橱窗 ( NAmE hit/hang out at the mall去逛商场；在商场闲逛 try on clothes/shoes试穿衣服／鞋 indulge in some retail therapy沉迷于购物疗法（疯狂购物以抚慰心灵） go on a spending spree痛痛快快地花一通钱 cut/cut back on/reduce your spending减少花销 be/get caught shoplifting在商店行窃被当场逮住 donate sth to/take sth to/find sth in ( a charity shop/BrE ( a thrift storeNAmE 把某物捐赠给／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店发现某物 buy/sell/find sth at ( a car boot sale/BrE ( a jumble sale/a garage sale/BrE ( a yard saleNAmE 在后备箱旧货市场／旧杂物义卖／车库里进行的旧物销售／庭院拍卖会购买／出售／找到某物 find/get/pick up a bargain找到／买到便宜货
At the shop/store 在商店
load/push/wheel ( a trolley/BrE ( a cartNAmE 往手推车里装东西；推手推车 stand in/wait in ( the checkout queue/BrE ( the checkout lineNAmE 排队付款 ( NAmE stand in line/ ( BrE queue at the checkout在付款处排队 bag ( (your) groceriesespecially
NAmE 把食品杂货装进袋子 pack (away) ( your shoppingespecially
BrE 将所购之物打包 stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with sth)（把某物）放上／补齐放上商店的货架 be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop/store shelves在超市／商店有售 be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock有货；脱销 deal with/help/serve customers应付／帮助／服务顾客 run a special promotion搞特别促销活动 be on special offer正在搞特价优惠
Buying goods 买商品
make/complete a purchase采购 buy/purchase sth online/by mail order网购；邮购 make/place/take an order for sth订购某物 buy/order sth in bulk/in advance大批／提前购买／订购某物 accept/take credit cards接受信用卡 pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/( with a gift voucher/BrE ( with a gift certificateNAmE 用现金／（信用／借记）卡／礼券支付 enter your PIN number输入你的个人识别密码 ask for/get/obtain a receipt索要／拿到收据 return/exchange an item/a product退还／更换商品／产品 be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund有资格要求／要求退款 compare prices对比价格 offer (sb)/give (sb)/get/receive a 30% discount给（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
