queue
[kju:] UK (US line)
noun countable
ADVANCED
■a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something （人或车排成的）队，队伍，行列•Are you in the queue for tickets?你是在排队买票吗? •There was a long queue of traffic stretching down the road.车辆在这条路上排起长龙了。 •If you want tickets you'll have to join the queue.你想买票的话就要先排队。 •disapproving It makes me mad when someone jumps the queue (= goes straight to the front).有人插队的话我就会很生气。 ■a lot of people wanting something （想获取某物的）许多人•There's a queue of companies wanting to sell the product.有许多公司想要销售该产品。
[kju:] UK (US line)
verb intransitive UK (US line up) (also UK queue up)
ADVANCED
■to wait in a line of people, often to buy something 排队•Dozens of people were queueing up to get tickets.有几十个人在排队买票。 •We had to queue for three hours to get in.我们排了三个小时的队才进入。 ■informal
■to want very much to do something 排队（等候）做…，非常想做…•[+ to infinitive] There are thousands of young women queueing up to be models.成千上万的年轻少女对当模特儿趋之若鹜。 |