释义 |
queuer|ˈkjuːə(r)| [f. queue v. + -er1.] One who waits in a queue.
1948‘J. Tey’ Franchise Affair xxii. 260 This was fare that not even the most optimistic queuer outside the court had anticipated. 1952Time 6 Oct. 64/1 The queuers were hoping for standing room. Reserved seats had been gone since July. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 21 Nov. 669/4 They become refugees somewhere across the border, queuers for charitable soup, squatters on alien school⁓room floors. 1960V. Jenkins Lions down Under xv. 230 Some queuers who had been waiting from 3.30 a.m. 1976Times 10 June 10/3 He watched a senior army officer walk straight to the head of a long taxi queue. The tired queuers grumbled curses. |