队列

duìliè

队列 — duìliè

1. formation (of troops); military alignment

   士兵排成队列。 shìbīng páichéng duìliè — The soldiers formed a formation.

2. alignment; people or things arranged in rows or columns

   车辆整齐地排成队列。 chēliàng zhěngqí dì páichéng duìliè — The vehicles lined up in neat rows.

3. (computing) queue; data structure or waiting list

   任务被放入队列等待处理。 rènwù bèi fàngrù duìliè děngdài chǔlǐ — The tasks were placed in a queue waiting to be processed.

4. cohort (in a study); a group or set of subjects

   这项研究追踪了一个年龄队列的健康情况。 zhèxiàng yánjiū zhuīzōng le yígè niánlíng duìliè de jiànkāng qíngkuàng — The study tracked the health of an age cohort.