Queue



GRE 蓝宝 Barron 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. / n. 长队, 排队
• ［英］ v. / n. 长队, 排队 ( a line of persons waiting to be processed)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, literally, tail, from Old French cue, coe, Latin cauda, coda
• Date: 1748
• 1. a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head
• 2. a waiting line especially of persons or vehicles
• 3.
  • a. a sequence of messages or jobs held in temporary storage awaiting transmission or processing
  • b. a data structure that consists of a list of records such that records are added at one end and removed from the other

II. verb (queued; queuing or queueing)

• Date: 1777
• transitive verb
  • to arrange or form in a queue
• intransitive verb
  • to line up or wait in a queue — often used with up
• ? queuer noun

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