- (British English) (North American English line)
a line of people, cars, etc. waiting for something or to do something （人、汽车等的）队，行列 There were long queues at polling stations. 投票站排起了长队。 the bus queue 排队等候公共汽车的人 the front/head/back/end of the queue 队列的前/头/后/尾 - queue for something
I had to join a queue for the toilets. 我只得排队等着上厕所。 Patients face lengthy queues for treatment. 病人面临着漫长的治疗队列。 - queue of somebody/something
There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right. 有一长列车辆等着右转弯。 There's a queue of people trying to get in. 有一队人想进去。 - in a queue
How long were you in the queue? 你排多长时间队了？ Shoppers had to wait in long queues. 购物者不得不排长队等候。 I have to stand in a queue at immigration. 我必须在移民局排队。 I took my place in the queue. 我在队列中占了位置。
Homophones cue | queuecue queue- cue noun
I took this as my cue to leave. 我认为这是我离开的暗示。
- queue noun
There was a long queue at the ticket office. 售票处前排了很长的队。
- queue verb
I had to queue for ages before it was my turn. 轮到我之前，我不得不排了很久的队。
CollocationsShopping Shopping 购物 - go/go out/be out shopping
去／外出／在外购物 - go to (especially British English) the shops/(especially North American English) a store/(especially North American English) the mall
去商店／商场 - do (British English) the shopping/(especially North American English) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
购物；购买食品杂货；逛街浏览一下商店橱窗 - (North American English, informal) 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 something to/take something to/find something in (British English) a charity shop/(North American English) a thrift store
把某物捐赠给／拿到慈善商店；在慈善商店发现某物 - buy/sell/find something at (British English) a car boot sale/(British English) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(North American English) a yard sale
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 (British English) a trolley/(North American English) a cart
往手推车里装东西；推手推车 - stand in/wait in (British English) the checkout queue/(North American English) the checkout line
排队付款 - (North American English) stand in line/ (British English) queue at the checkout
在付款处排队 - bag (especially North American English) (your) groceries
把食品杂货装进袋子 - pack (away) (especially British English) your shopping
将所购之物打包 - stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with something)
（把某物）放上／补齐放上商店的货架 - be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop shelves
- 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 something online/by mail order
网购；邮购 - make/place/take an order for something
订购某物 - buy/order something 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/(British English) with a gift voucher/(North American English) with a gift certificate
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 (somebody)/give (somebody)/get/receive a 30% discount
给（某人）／得到 30% 的折扣
Extra ExamplesTopics Shoppingb1, Transport by car or lorryb1Long queues are building up on the city's exit roads. 出城道路上排起了长长的队伍。 More unemployed people are joining the dole queue each week. 每周都有越来越多的失业者加入领取救济金的行列。 Please form an orderly queue. 请排成整齐的一队。 The queue stretched for more than a mile. 队伍延伸至一英里开外。 The queue's not moving at all. 队列一动不动。 a long queue of shoppers 一长队购物者 the country's soaring prices and growing food queues 该国飞涨的物价和越来越长的排队购买食品的队伍 the queue for tickets 买票的队伍
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- endless
- long
- growing
- …
- form
- line up in
- join
- …
- form
- build up
- grow
- …
- in a/the queue
- queue for
- queue of
- …
- the back of the queue
- the end of the queue
- the front of the queue
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computing 计算机 a list of items of data stored in a particular order （存储的数据）队列
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’. Compare with cue ‘long stick used for playing billiards, pool and snooker’. Sense (1) dates from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms
jump the queue (British English)
(US English jump the line)
to go to the front of a line of people without waiting for your turn 插队；加塞儿；不按次序排队