词组 | queue up |
释义 | queue up 1. queue up BrE to form or join a line of people waiting to do something or go somewhere: ▪ On the coldest night I've ever known, the four of us queued up outside our local cinema to see 'Crocodile Dundee'. + for ▪ More than 1,000 people queued up for interviews after the Grand Hotel in Scarborough advertised 100 new jobs this week. ► compare ↑line up 2. be queuing up to do sth BrE if people are queuing up to do something, they all want to do it very much: ▪ The school is one of the best in the area, and parents are queuing up to send their children there. ▪ Japanese theatre director Ninagawa has a reputation for being very tough, but actors are queuing up to work with him. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑line up |
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