Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line—called a serpentine line—and serve each person at the front with the next available register.

让所有的顾客排成蜿蜒的长队——又称为蛇形队伍，用下一个可用的收银台为前面的每个人服务。

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Equally dramatic shots of mount Etna in Sicily, Italy, shows the mountain erupting with plumes of smoke, while a line of bright orange lava can be seen snaking down the side.

意大利西西群岛的埃塔纳火山同样也有如此动态的图片，图片中不仅有喷发时的火山灰柱，旁边的桔黄色亮线就是顺山口流下的岩浆。

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The serpentine line funnels all customers into one big snaking queue, demarcated by ropes or barriers.

‘蛇形排队法’让所有顾客汇集在一条浩浩荡荡的蛇形队伍之中，中间用绳子或障碍物隔开。

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There was, naturally, a line snaking away from the truck, which had been assembled in (and not driven into) the terminal.

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After a couple of incarnations, Lombardi's Pizza is still open in Little Italy after 100 years, usually with a long line snaking out the door.

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Others might be standing in a line snaking hundreds of bodies long into your friendly local Apple Store, reading this post from the comfort of your Motorola RAZR V3 and realizing that these are some of the last moments you'll be using a physical keypad.

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