/kju: ||; kju/(US 美 line) noun [C] a line of people, cars, etc that are waiting for sth or to do sth （人、车等排成的）行，队，长龙: We had to wait in a queue for hours to get tickets. 我们得排队等候好几个小时才买到了票。to jointhe end of a queue 排在队伍末尾We were told to form a queue outside the doors. 他们叫我们在门外排队。 ➔queue verb [I] queue (up) (for sth) to queue for a bus 排队等候公共汽车 jump the queue→JUMP¹