be in a/the queue (for sth)
in the queue 表示“在队伍里”；for 后接排队等待的东西。
We were in the queue for tickets for over an hour.
我们排队买票排了一个多小时。
队伍；队列；等候名单
queues — plural of queue
队列（数据结构）；待处理任务或消息的有序列表；尾巴；辫子；发辫；排队等候的名单或其他按先到先得顺序组织人或物的方式。；排队的人或车辆
a line of people or vehicles waiting for something, or such a waiting list
排队等候的名单或其他按先到先得顺序组织人或物的方式。
A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
排队的人或车辆
a line of people or vehicles waiting for something
一种数据结构,对象从一端(称为尾部)添加,从另一端(称为头部)移除(针对FIFO队列)。该术语也可指LIFO队列或栈,此时两端重合。
A data structure in which objects are added to one end, called the tail, and removed from the other, called the head (in the case of a FIFO queue). The term can also refer to a LIFO queue or stack where these ends coincide.
(信息处理)待执行任务或待传输消息的有序列表
(information processing) an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted
动物的尾巴。
An animal's tail.
脑后的一束辫子
a braid of hair at the back of the head
We had to wait in a long queue at the ticket office.
我们不得不在售票处排了很长的队。
用法提示：queue 在这里作名词，指等候的队列。
The queue outside the cinema stretched around the corner.
电影院外的队伍一直延伸到拐角。
用法提示：queue 作名词，表示排成一队的人。
Please join the queue at the back and wait for your turn.
请在队伍后面排队等候轮到你。
用法提示：queue 作名词，指等候的队伍。
in the queue 表示“在队伍里”；for 后接排队等待的东西。
We were in the queue for tickets for over an hour.
我们排队买票排了一个多小时。
join the queue 强调“加入”已经排好的队伍，英式英语中很常用。
She joined the queue at the bank counter.
她加入了银行柜台的队伍。
of 后接复数名词，说明排队的是哪一类人或车辆，如 a queue of people、a queue of cars。
A long queue of cars formed at the toll booth.
收费站前排起了长长的车龙。
grammar · medium
易错句子I had to wait on a long queue at the bank.
正确表达I had to wait in a long queue at the bank.
表示“在队伍里等候”要用介词 in，不用 on。queue 指排队的队列，人处于队列之中，英语固定说 in the queue / in a queue；on 表示接触表面或依附关系，用在这里错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子There were three queue at the ticket office.
正确表达There were three queues at the ticket office.
queue 是可数名词，前面有 three 表示不止一条队伍时必须用复数 queues。汉语名词没有单复数形态变化，容易漏加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子We stood in a long cue outside the cinema.
正确表达We stood in a long queue outside the cinema.
cue 意为“提示、暗示”，不能表示排队的队伍；表示“队列”要用 queue。这两个词同音 /kjuː/ 但拼写不同，须按意义选用 queue。
加入队伍
Hundreds of fans joined the queue outside the stadium.
数百名粉丝加入了体育场外的队伍。
排队等候
We waited in a queue for over an hour to buy tickets.
我们排队等了一个多小时才买到票。
插队
It's rude to jump the queue when everyone else has been waiting.
别人都在排队时插队是很没礼貌的。
排成一队
The teacher asked the children to form a queue at the door.
老师让孩子们在门口排成一队。
长长的队伍
There was a long queue at the airport check-in desk.
机场值机柜台前排着长长的队伍。
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队伍的末尾
He arrived late and had to stand at the back of the queue.
他来晚了，只能站在队伍的末尾。