"tail back" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 排起长队（交通）

Definition

指排成长队，尤其用于交通拥堵或人们排队等候的情况。当车或人排成长长的队伍并缓慢移动时常用。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

主要是英式英语，有点正式，常用于交通报道、新闻描述交通堵塞或排队场景。美式英语更常说 'back up'。不可用于物品。

Examples

Cars began to tail back after the accident.

事故发生后，车辆开始**排起长队**。

The traffic will tail back for miles during rush hour.

高峰时段，交通会**排起数公里的长队**。

People started to tail back outside the concert hall.

人们在音乐厅外开始**排长队**。

It was raining and the cars just kept tailing back along the motorway.

下雨时，汽车在高速公路上不断**排成长队**。

If there’s an accident up ahead, traffic will tail back pretty quickly.

如果前面出了事故，交通会很快**堵起来**。

We were late because the roadworks made the traffic tail back for ages.

我们迟到了，因为修路让交通**排了很久的长队**。