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。
1.1
- 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)no obj.
1- 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 figurative 〈喻〉companies are queuing up to move to the bay各公司纷纷抢着要迁入海湾。
1.1
- with obj. Computing arrange in a queue【计算机】排成队列, 排队。
词源
late 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal)： from French， based on Latin cauda 'tail'. Compare with CUE2. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.