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| 1 | a line of people waiting for something in a shop or similar place . AMERICAN usuallyline （等候的）一队人，队伍 |
| +for There was a long queue for tickets. 一长队人在排队买票。 |
| a queue to do sth a queue to get into the museum 等候进博物馆的一队人 |
| be/stand in a queue We stood in a queue for over an hour. 我们排队等了一个多小时。 |
| join a queue A woman joined the queue behind me. 一位妇女排在我后面。 |
| jump the queue (=go ahead of other people who have been waiting longer than you) Someone tried to jump the queue. 插队 |
| | 1a | a number of people who have telephoned a place at the same time and are waiting to speak to an operator （同时打电话等候跟接线员说话的）等候队列 | | Your call has been put in a queue and will be answered as soon as possible. 你的电话已进入等候队列，很快就会有人接听。 | |
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| 2 | computing a set of jobs waiting to be processed by a computer 队列（指等待计算机处理的一批任务） |
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| - | join the queue BRITISH informal
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| used for telling someone that they are not the only person who wants to have or do something |
| 排队；排队等候 |
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