column
n
1 tall pillar, usu round and made of stone, either supporting part of the roof of a building or standing alone as a monument 高柱; (通常為)石制圓柱, 支柱, 紀(jì)念柱
The temple is supported by massive columns. 此廟由粗大的柱子支撐.
Nelson's Column is a famous monument in London. 納爾遜紀(jì)念碑是倫敦著名的紀(jì)念碑. =>illus 見插圖.
2 thing shaped like a column 圓柱形物
a column of smoke, ie smoke rising straight up 煙柱(直上的煙)
the ,spinal `column, ie the backbone 脊柱(脊骨)
a column of mercury, ie in a thermometer 水銀柱(溫度計中).
3 (abbr 縮寫 col) one of two or more vertical sections of printed material on a page (印刷品每頁上的)列, 欄
Each page of this dictionary has two columns of text. 本詞典每頁上有兩列正文.
4 part of a newspaper regularly dealing with a particular subject or written by the same journalist (報紙的)專欄
the `fashion, `motoring, fi`nancial, etc column 時裝、 汽車、 財經(jīng)等專欄
the correspondence columns of `The Times' 《泰晤士報》上的通訊欄
I always read her column in the local paper. 我經(jīng)常在當(dāng)?shù)貓蠹埳峡此膶谖恼?
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(a) long line of vehicles, ships, etc following one behind the other 長列(排成長行的車輛、 船只等).
(b) large group of soldiers, tanks, etc moving forward in short rows 縱隊(短排前進的大隊士兵、 坦克車等).
6 series of numbers arranged one under the other 縱行數(shù)字
add up a long column of figures 把一串縱行數(shù)字相加.
maten. (工人間的)伙伴,同事,老兄,老弟〔工人,水手間的親密稱呼〕;配偶〔男女任何一方〕,動物之偶(尤指鳥類),(一對中的)一只,配對物;[醫(yī)學(xué)](軍醫(yī)等的)助手;[航海](商船的)大副,駕駛員;
vt.& vi. (使)成為配偶;(使)交配;(一對動物或鳥)交配;交尾(~ with sth);
alliedadj. 同盟的,同盟國的;聯(lián)合的;姻親的;同源的,類似的;
v. 聯(lián)合(ally的過去分詞);