queue

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /kjuː/    美 /kju/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A line of people, vehicles or other objects, usually one to be dealt with in sequence (i.e., the one at the front end is dealt with first, the one behind is dealt with next, and so on), and which newcomers join at the opposite end (the back). Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,uncommon
    — I was absent-minded at the moment and was last in the queue.
  2. A waiting list or other means of organizing people or objects into a first-come-first-served order.
  3. 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.
    — 2005, David Flanagan, Java in a Nutshell, p. 234, Queue implementations are commonly based on insertion order as in first-in, first-out (FIFO) queues or last-in, first-out queues (LIFO queues are also known as stacks).
  4. An animal's tail.
    — HESSE: Az., a lion, queue fourchée, rampt., barry of ten, arg. and gu., crowned, or, and holding in his dexter paw a sword, ppr., hilt and pommel, gold.
  5. A men's hairstyle with a braid or ponytail at the back of the head, such as that worn by men in Imperial China. historical
    — In the morning and evening, spruce Chinamen stroll about or chat at each other's doors, in blue trousers, white jacket, and a queue into which red silk is plaited till it reaches almost to their heels.
动词 v.
  1. To put oneself or itself at the end of a waiting line. intransitive
    — Although there is a spacious circulating area beyond the platforms at Clacton, there is severe overcrowding on peak Saturdays; at times of pressure passengers have to queue out into the street [...]
  2. To arrange themselves into a physical waiting queue. intransitive
  3. To add to a queue data structure. transitive
  4. To fasten the hair into a queue.
    — The sons, in short square skirted coats with rows of stupendous brass buttons, and their hair generally queued in the fashion of the times, especially if they could procure an eel skin for the purpose, it being esteemed throughout the country as potent nourisher and strengthener of the hair.
  5. To matchmake.
    — I'm queueing into a game.

词形变化

queues plural queues present,singular,third-person queueing participle,present queuing participle,present queued participle,past queued past

词汇关系

近义词
queue
下位词
batch queue circular queue dole queue double-ended queue job queue jump queue message queue poison queue prio queue priority queue ready queue reference queue breadline stack traffic jam
衍生词
dequeue enqueue nonqueued nonqueueing queueable queueless queuer queue up requeue solo queue unqueued
相关词
caudal jump the queue queueing theory queue-jump queue-jumper queueless quevée cue FIFO LIFO

词源

词源 1
From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.
词源 2
From Middle English queue, quew, qwew, couwe, from Anglo-Norman queue, keu and Old French cöe, cue, coe (“tail”), from Vulgar Latin cōda, from Latin cauda. See also Middle French queu, cueue. Doublet of coda and cola.
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