queues
n. (人或車輛)行列,長隊( queue的名詞複數 ); (貯存的資料)佇列
v. (人、車等)排隊等候( queue的第三人稱單數 ); (使)排隊,列隊等待
A queue is a line of people or vehicles that are waiting for something.
I watched as he got a tray and joined the queue...
我看著他拿了個托盤排起了隊。
She waited in the bus queue...
她排隊等公共汽車。
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.
Manchester United would be at the front of a queue of potential buyers...
在眾多潛在的買家中,曼徹斯特聯隊將排在最前列。
Single parents got priority in the housing queue...
單親父母在申請住房時享有優先權。
When people queue, they stand in a line waiting for something.
I had to queue for quite a while.
我不得不排一會兒隊。
...a line of women queueing for bread.
一列排隊買麵包的女人
A queue is a list of computer tasks which will be done in order.
Your print job has been sent to the network print queue.
你的列印任務已經傳送到了網路列印列表中。
To queue a number of computer tasks means to arrange them to be done in order.
The queues at the door wound around the building.
門口的隊伍繞了大樓一圈。
Their health-care system suffers from queues, shortages and ropey equipment.
他們的醫療體系有很多不足:要排隊等候,資源短缺,裝置陳舊。
There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
加油泵邊車輛已經排起了長隊。
In Darlington, queues formed at some polling booths.
在達靈頓,有些投票站前排起了隊。
We tried to visit the Abbey but were put off by the queues.
我們曾想參觀威斯敏斯特教堂,但排起的長隊使我們打消了這個念頭。