queue

queue
noun
  1. 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
    ■(Computing)a list of data items, commands, etc., stored so as to be retrievable in a definite order, usually the order of insertion
    (计算机)队列
  2. (archaic)a plait of hair worn at the back
    (古)辫子
(queues, queued, queuing 或 queueing)
  1. [no obj.]take one's place in a queue
    排队（等候）
    in the war they had queued for food.
    战争时期他们排队领取食物。
    [with infinitive]companies are queuing up to move to the bay.
    各公司纷纷抢着要迁入海湾。
    ■[with obj.](Computing)arrange in a queue
    (计算机)排成队列，排队
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda 'tail'. Compare with cue. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent
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