queue

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in Vietnamese Hàng đợi

BrE /kjuː/ AmE /kwi/

noun / verb en → vi

1 LINE OF PEOPLE [uncountable] A2

Hàng đợi

a line of people waiting for something, such as tickets or food

  • join a queue

Collocations queue for tickets · wait in a queue

  • There was a long queue at the ticket office.

    Có một hàng đợi dài trước quầy bán vé.

2 WAIT [infinite] A2

Đứng chờ trong hàng

to wait in line for something

  • queue up

Collocations queue to buy tickets · queue for food

  • We queued for an hour to get into the concert.

    Chúng tôi đã đứng chờ trong hàng một giờ để vào buổi hòa nhạc.

3 ORDER [countable] B1

Danh sách công việc cần làm

a list of things that need to be done or dealt with in order

  • have a queue of emails

Collocations queue of tasks · clear the email queue

  • She has a long queue of emails to answer.

    Cô ấy có một danh sách dài các email cần trả lời.

1 LINE OF THINGS [countable] B2

Hàng đợi (công việc)

a line or series of things that are waiting to be dealt with, such as computers in a network

  • queue of jobs

Collocations network queue · job queue

  • The printer has a long queue of jobs to print.

    Máy in có một hàng đợi dài các công việc cần in.