Queueing can also be used as the continuous form. 进行式亦可用queueing 。
- 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.
- I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue...
我看着他拿了个托盘排起了队。 - She waited in the bus queue...
她排队等公共汽车。 - There was still a queue for tickets on the night...
晚上仍然有人在排队买票。 - 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
- N-COUNT (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.
- Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers...
在众多潜在的买家中,曼彻斯特联队将排在最前列。 - Single parents got priority in the housing queue...
单亲父母在申请住房时享有优先权。 - 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
- VERB 排队(等候)
When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
- I had to queue for quite a while.
我不得不排一会儿队。 - ...a line of women queueing for bread.
一列排队买面包的女人 - Queue up means the same as queue .
queue up 同queue - A mob of journalists are queuing up at the gate to photograph him...
一群新闻记者在门口排起长队,等着给他拍照。 - We all had to queue up for our ration books.
我们都得排队领取定量配给票证薄。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line up
- 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.
- Your print job has been sent to the network print queue.
你的打印任务已经发送到了网络打印列表中。
- 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.