Queueing can also be used as the continuous form. 进行式亦可用queueing 。
1 N-COUNT (等候的)一列人,一队车辆 A
queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.
(等候的)一列人,一队车辆 [mainly British] [Also + for/of] -
I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue.
我看着他拿了个托盘排起了队。
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She waited in the bus queue.
她排队等公共汽车。
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There was still a queue for tickets on the night.
晚上仍然有人在排队买票。
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Behind him was a long queue of angry motorists.
在他的身后,愤怒的司机排成了长龙。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line
2 N-COUNT [usually singular] (为得到某机会而等待的)长列,长队 If you say there is a
queue of people who want to do or have something, you mean that a lot of people are waiting for an opportunity to do it or have it.
(为得到某机会而等待的)长列,长队 [mainly British] -
Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers. [+ of]
在众多潜在的买家中,曼彻斯特联队将排在最前列。
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Single parents got priority in the housing queue.
单亲父母在申请住房时享有优先权。
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The queue for places at the school has never been longer.
排队申请上这所学校的人数达到历史最高峰。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line
3 VERB 排队(等候) When people
queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
排队(等候) [mainly British] SYN wait in line, line up, stand in a queue, form a queue
Queue up means the same as
queue .
queue up 同queue in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line up
4 N-COUNT 队列(指等待计算机处理的任务列表) A
queue is a list of computer tasks which will be done in order.
队列(指等待计算机处理的任务列表) [computing] 5 VERB 使(待处理任务)成队列 To
queue a number of computer tasks means to arrange them to be done in order.
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