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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

column ['kɔləm]
  1. 1. noun [c] [建筑] 支柱
  2. 2. noun [of smoke] 柱形物
  3. 3. noun [of people] [ tanks] 纵队
  4. 4. noun (in newspaper etc) 专栏

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

column [ˈkɒləm]
  1. 1. n.[c] 纵队
    The enemy was marching in a column of four ranks.
    敌人四人一排单列前进
  2. 2. n.[c] [Chemistry] 色谱柱
    Two methods are used to prepare a column; the dry method, and the wet method.
    准备色柱有两种方法干法湿法
  3. 3. n.[c]
    The process is repeated down the entire column of figures.
    整列数据重复这个过程
    He added a column of numbers.
    添加了一列数字
  4. 4. n.[c] 柱状物,塔状物
    He was startled to see a column of smoke rising from among the trees.
    他很吃惊发现一柱烟从树木间升起来
    The test tube held a column of white powder.
    试管中装有一柱干蛋白。
  5. 5. n.[c] 专栏
    He writes a weekly music column for the newspaper.
    他为这份报纸每周撰写音乐专栏
  6. 6. n.[c] [Architecture] 柱子圆柱
    In front of the main gate stood eight gigantic, marble columns.
    在正门前伫立着八根巨大的大理石柱子
  7. 7. n.[c] [Architecture] 圆形支柱
    It was almost concealed by the small columns which held up the roof.
    几乎支撑屋顶的几根小柱子遮掩住了。
  8. 8. n.[c] [Printing] 竖栏
    The page is too narrow to have three columns of text.
    这一页太窄了,无法容纳三列文字
    The bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns.
    记录员使用分栏纸张
    The newspaper devoted several columns to the subject.
    这家报纸用了好几栏的版面探讨这个主题
  9. 9. n.[c] [Anatomy] 柱状支撑结构
    Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.
    你的脊柱由24个活动脊椎骨构成

Collins English-English Dictionary

column ['kɒləm]
  1. 1. n an upright post or pillar usually having a cylindrical shaft, a base, and a capital
  2. 2. n a form or structure in the shape of a column
    a column of air
  3. 3. n a monument
  4. 4. n a row, line, or file, as of people in a queue
  5. 5. n [Military] a narrow formation in which individuals or units follow one behind the other
  6. 6. n [journalism] any of two or more vertical sections of type on a printed page, esp on a newspaper page
  7. 7. n a regular article or feature in a paper
    the fashion column
  8. 8. n a vertical array of numbers or mathematical terms
  9. 9. n [Botany] a long structure in a flower, such as that of an orchid, consisting of the united stamens and style
  10. 10. n [anatomy] [Zoology] any elongated structure, such as a tract of grey matter in the spinal cord or the stalk of a crinoid
  11. 11. n [Etymology] C15: from Latin columna, from columen top, peak; related to Latin collis hill

Examples

the spinal column
【解剖学】脊骨,脊柱
The diameter of the column is one meter.
柱子的直径是一米。
The height of the mercury column in a thermometer indicates the temperature.
温度计中水银柱的高度指示温度。
A column of soldiers was sent to rescue the people from the flood.
一个分队被派去营救困在洪水中的人。
The magazine introduced a medical column.
这个杂志有一个医学专栏。

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