Queueing can also be used as the continuous form. 进行式亦可用queueing 。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](等候的)一列人,一队车辆 A
queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.
[oft N for n]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
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
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.
[usu sing]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
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
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[VERB 动词]排队(等候) When people
queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
[V]
[V for n]
[V P]
[V P for n]
[mainly BRIT 主英]
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 line up
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]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.
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[VERB 动词]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.