0 a line of people, usually standing or in cars, waiting for something:
3 a line of people who are waiting for something:
There was a huge queue of people stretching down the road from the bank.
4 a number of people who want to do or have something:
Rarely does a company that is suffering from such mismanagement attract a queue of eager buyers.
She would not be a preferential creditor and would have to join the queue of other creditors.
be at the front/back of the queue It's public-sector workers who are always at the back of the queue when pay rises are being handed out.
be the first/last in the queue Fortunately, they were first in the queue of creditors.
5 a list of jobs that a computer has to do:
a print queue
6 a number of people who are waiting to speak to someone on the phone:
8 to join a number of people who are waiting for or to do something:
Form an orderly queue.
There was a queue of people waiting patiently for the bus to arrive.
When the doors opened she barged her way to the front of the queue.
I was waiting in the bus queue when two men pushed in in front of me.
We queued for half an hour waiting for a free space in the car park.
He queued for two hours and all for nothing - there were no seats left.
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(人或車排成的)隊,隊伍,行列, (想獲取某物的)許多人, 排隊…
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(人或车排成的)队,行列, (想获取某物的)许多人, 排队…
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cola, fila, fila [feminine…
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fila…
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列, 行列…
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kuyruk, sıra…
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liste [feminine] de tâches, queue [feminine], file [feminine] d’attente…
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