每天三分钟学英语 第48期:英文"排队"怎么说?

 一说到排队，你知道它的英文表达是什么？这个英文表达还可以表示其他什么意思呢？今天我们就来学一学吧~

《Sherlock》第四季第一集，剧中Sherlock的应对策划就是等待。

Sherlock: Of course wait. I'm the target. Targets wait. Look – whatever's coming, whatever he's lined up, I'll know when it begins.

Line up 排队

Why don't you line up and get us tickets and I'll go get the food and drinks? 要不你去排队买票，我去买食物和饮料。

Everybody get ready and line up. The bus will be here in a few minutes. 所有人过来排队。大巴在几分钟内就到了。

Terry lined up all the bottles. Terry把所有的瓶子都排成一排。

line up 安排好（事情），筹划

I lined up a bunch¹ of fun activities we can do over the weekend so free up your calendar. 我准备了一系列我们在周末可以一起玩的活动，所以快点安排一下你的时间。

free up your calendar 把时间空出来，把时间安排好

What do you have lined up for today's meeting? I heard you were gonna show us the prototype². 今天的会议你准备了什么？我听说你要给我们展示原型。

I've got a job lined up. 我已经找到了一个工作。

1 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

2 prototype   

n.原型，典型，范例

参考例句：

• This is the prototype for future school buildings.这是未来的学校建筑的蓝本。
• He was the prototype of the elder statesman.他是老一辈政治家的典型。