queue for sth
for 后面接排队等候的目标事物。
We queued for hours to get tickets for the concert.
我们排了好几个小时的队才买到演唱会的票。
入队；将…加入队列；扎辫子；把头发扎成辫子；做媒；撮合；使自己排到等候队伍的末尾。；排成实际的等候队列。
to wait in a line; to form or join a line of people
使自己排到等候队伍的末尾。
To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line.
排成实际的等候队列。
To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue.
将(元素)添加到队列数据结构中。
To add to a queue data structure.
把头发扎成辫子。
To fasten the hair into a queue.
撮合,做媒。
To matchmake.
一般现在时
People queue at the bus stop every morning.
人们每天早晨在公交车站排队。
一般过去时
We queued for tickets for an hour.
我们排队买票排了一个小时。
现在完成时
They have queued online since early morning.
他们从一大早就在网上排队。
规则动词；现在分词也可写作 queueing。
We had to queue for nearly an hour to get tickets.
我们不得不排队近一个小时才能买到票。
用法提示：queue 作动词，表示排队等候。
People were queuing outside the shop before it opened.
商店开门前，人们就在外面排队了。
用法提示：queuing 是 queue 的现在分词，表示排成队伍。
She queues at the same bakery every morning.
她每天早晨都在同一家面包店排队。
用法提示：queues 是 queue 的第三人称单数形式，表示排队。
for 后面接排队等候的目标事物。
We queued for hours to get tickets for the concert.
我们排了好几个小时的队才买到演唱会的票。
不定式说明排队的目的。
Hundreds of fans queued to buy the new album.
数百名粉丝排队购买这张新专辑。
behind 后面接排在前面的人。
She queued behind an old man at the checkout.
她在收银台排在一位老人后面。
及物用法多见于计算机领域，指把数据加入队列。
The server queues every request and answers them in order.
服务器把每个请求排入队列，然后按顺序处理。
grammar · medium
易错句子We queued for buy the concert tickets.
正确表达We queued to buy the concert tickets.
表示排队的目的时，queue 后接带 to 的不定式（queue to do sth），不能用 for 加动词原形；汉语“排队买票”直译容易写成 for buy。
grammar · medium
易错句子People were queuing on the bus stop.
正确表达People were queuing at the bus stop.
表示在某一地点排队等候时用介词 at（at the bus stop），不用 on；汉语“在车站”直译会让学习者误用 on。
排队；排队等候
People were queuing up outside the cinema.
人们在电影院外面排起了队。
排队等候（某物）
We had to queue for tickets for over an hour.
我们不得不排了一个多小时的队买票。
排在……后面
I queued behind an elderly couple at the bank.
我在银行排在了一对老年夫妇后面。
在……排队
We queued at the bus stop for twenty minutes.
我们在公交车站排了二十分钟的队。
排到街区外；排长队
Fans queued round the block to see the band.
粉丝们排到了街区外去看乐队。
排队进入
Hundreds of people queued to get into the stadium.
数百人排队进入体育场。
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