| 词汇 | queue |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： 15c., "tail of a beast" (heraldic term), from Fr. queue "a tail," from O.Fr. cue "tail," from L. coda (dialectal variant of cauda) "tail," of unknown origin. The M.E. metaphoric extension to "line of dancers" led to extended sense of "line of people, etc." (1837). Also used 18c. in sense of "braid of hair" (first attested 1748). The verb meaning "to stand in a line" is recorded from 1927 (implied in queuing). Churchill is said to have coined Queuetopia (1950), to describe Britain under Labour or Socialist rule. 词根记忆： n. 行列,长队v.(up)排队,排队等待On my request the conqueror questioned the man who jumped the queue.根据我的请求,征服者质问了插队者. |
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