Tra từ queue - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

queue [queue queues queued queuing queueing] noun, verb BrE [kjuː] NAmE [kjuː]
noun
1. (BrE) (NAmE line)a line of people, cars, etc. waiting for sth or to do sth
•the bus queue
•I had to join a queue for the toilets.
•How long were you in the queue?
•There was a queue of traffic waiting to turn right.
2. (computing)a list of items of data stored in a particular order
see jump the queue at ↑jump _v.

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’. Compare with ↑cue ‘long stick used for playing billiards, pool and snooker’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.

Collocations:
Shopping
Shopping
go/go out/be out shopping
go to (especially BrE) the shops/(especially NAmE) a store/(especially NAmE) the mall
do (BrE) the shopping/(especially NAmE) the grocery shopping/a bit of window-shopping
(NAmE, informal) hit/hang out at the mall
try on clothes/shoes
indulge in some retail therapy
go on a spending spree
cut/cut back on/reduce your spending
be/get caught shoplifting
donate sth to/take sth to/find sth in (BrE) a charity shop/(NAmE) a thrift store
buy/sell/find sth at (BrE) a car boot sale/(BrE) a jumble sale/a garage sale/(NAmE) a yard sale
find/get/pick up a bargain
At the shop/store
load/push/wheel (BrE) a trolley/(NAmE) a cart
stand in/wait in (BrE) the checkout queue/(NAmE) the checkout line
(NAmE) stand in line/ (BrE) queue at the checkout
bag (especially NAmE) (your) groceries
pack (away) (especially BrE) your shopping
stack/stock/restock the shelves at a store (with sth)
be (found) on/appear on supermarket/shop/store shelves
be in/have in/be out of/run out of stock
deal with/help/serve customers
run a special promotion
be on special offer
Buying goods
make/complete a purchase
buy/purchase sth online/by mail order
make/place/take an order for sth
buy/order sth in bulk/in advance
accept/take credit cards
pay (in) cash/by (credit/debit) card/(BrE) with a gift voucher/(NAmE) with a gift certificate
enter your PIN number
ask for/get/obtain a receipt
return/exchange an item/a product
be entitled to/ask for/demand a refund
compare prices
offer (sb)/give (sb)/get/receive a 30% discount

Example Bank:
•He had to join the queue for the toilets.
•Long queues are building up on most of Britain's motorways.
•Long queues are building up on the city's exit roads.
•More unemployed people are joining the dole queue each week.
•Please form an orderly queue.
•The queue stretched for more than a mile.
•The queue's not moving at all.
•a long queue of shoppers
•the country's soaring prices and growing food queues
•the people in the queue
•the queue for tickets
•How long were you in the queue?
Derived: ↑queuing up

verb (queu·ingor queue·ing)
1. intransitive (BrE)~ (up) (for sth) to wait in a line of people, vehicles, etc. in order to do sth, get sth or go somewhere
•We had to queue up for an hour for the tickets.
•Queue here for taxis.
2. transitive, intransitive ~ (sth) (computing)to add tasks to other tasks so that they are ready to be done in order; to come together to be done in order
•The system queues the jobs before they are processed.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (as a heraldic term denoting the tail of an animal): from French, based on Latin cauda ‘tail’. Compare with ↑cue ‘long stick used for playing billiards, pool and snooker’. Sense 1 dates from the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•People queued up outside.
•We had to queue for tickets.

See also: ↑line