Phrase
a queue of people
phrase
人龙
a line of people waiting one behind another
In use
A queue of people formed outside the store before it opened.
We joined a queue of people waiting for the bus at the stop.
There was a long queue of people at the ticket counter for the concert.
a queue of people + verb (singular)
主语中的核心词是 queue，因此谓语动词用单数形式。
A queue of people forms outside the store.
一队人在店外排起长龙。
verb + a queue of people
We joined a queue of people waiting for tickets.
我们加入了一队等待购票的人龙。
preposition + a queue of people
常用介词 in 表示位置。
She stood in a queue of people for an hour.
她在一队人中站了一个小时。
Common mistakes
He was in queue of people.He was in a queue of people.
错误：冠词缺失。'queue'是可数名词，中文没有冠词概念，学习者容易忽略。修正后使用不定冠词'a'，符合英语语法。
A queue of people are waiting.A queue of people is waiting.
错误：主谓不一致。'a queue of people'的中心词是单数'queue'，谓语动词应用单数形式。虽然英式英语中可能用复数，但标准用法强调队列整体，故用单数更准确。
Connections
Confusing words
- a line of people
- 一排人（排队） · 美式英语中表示排队，与英式英语的queue同义，但美式更常用line。
- a crowd of people
- 一群人 · 强调聚集的人群，不一定在排队；而a queue of people明确表示排成一队。
Word family
- queue
- 排队 · verb
- queuing
- 排队 · verb
- queued
- 排了队 · verb
- queue-jumper
- 插队者 · noun
Dictionary facts from BridgeDict normalized sources.