a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed
(人或车辆的)行列,长队。
【计算机】 队列。
〈古〉 辫子。
take one's place in a queue
排队(等候)
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in the war they had queued for food 战争时期他们排队领取食物
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[with infinitive]
figurative 〈喻〉companies are queuing up to move to the bay 各公司纷纷抢着要迁入海湾。
[with obj.]
【计算机】 排成队列,排队。
"late 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin