queue

noun

/kjuː/

Idioms

(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 | queue
cue queue
/kjuː/

/kjuː/
- 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。
Collocations Shopping
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
- Long 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
Topics Shoppingb1, Transport by car or lorryb1
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- endless
- long
- growing
- …
verb + queue
- form
- line up in
- join
- …
queue + verb
- form
- build up
- grow
- …
preposition
- in a/the queue
- queue for
- queue of
- …
phrases
- the back of the queue
- the end of the queue
- the front of the queue
- …
(computing计算机) a list of items of data stored in a particular order（存储的数据）队列

词源late 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

queue

verb

/kjuː/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they queue	/kjuː/ /kjuː/
he / she / it queues	/kjuːz/ /kjuːz/
past simple queued	/kjuːd/ /kjuːd/
past participle queued	/kjuːd/ /kjuːd/
-ing form queuing	/ˈkjuːɪŋ/ /ˈkjuːɪŋ/
-ing form queueing	/ˈkjuːɪŋ/ /ˈkjuːɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[intransitive] (British English) to wait in a line of people, vehicles, etc. in order to do something, get something or go somewhere（人、车等）排队等候
- queue (up) People queued up outside.人们在外面排起了队。
- Hundreds of voters queued patiently.数百名选民耐心地排队。
- queue (up) for something Queue here for taxis.等出租车在这里排队。
- We had to queue up for an hour for the tickets.我们只得排一个小时的队买票。
- You have to queue to get in at weekends.周末你必须排队才能进去。
Homophones cue | queue
cue queue
/kjuː/

/kjuː/
- 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。
Topics Shoppingb1
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- patiently
- up
verb + queue
- have to
preposition
- for
[transitive, intransitive] queue (something) (computing计算机) to add tasks to other tasks so that they are ready to be done in order; to come together to be done in order（使）排队；列队等待
- The system queues the jobs before they are processed.这系统先把任务排队再进行处理。