column

column
noun
  1. an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument
    柱，圆柱（尤指用以支撑拱形或其他建筑结构，或独立作为纪念碑的石柱或混凝土柱）
    ■a similar vertical, roughly cylindrical thing
    柱状物
    a great column of smoke.
    巨大的烟柱。
    ■an upright shaft forming part of a machine and typically used for controlling it
    （机器中的）控制杆（或轴）；操纵杆（或轴）
    a Spitfire control column.
    喷火式战斗机操纵杆。
  2. a vertical division of a page or text
    （页或正文的）直栏
    ■a vertical arrangement of figures or other information
    （数字或其他资料的）列；纵行
    ■a section of a newspaper or magazine regularly devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person
    （报刊的）栏；专栏
  3. one or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction
    （人或交通工具的）队；行
    a column of tanks moved north-west.
    一队坦克向西北行进。
    we walked in a column.
    我们列队步行。
    ■(Military)a narrow-fronted deep formation of troops in successive lines
    (军)纵队（队形）
    ■a military force which might deploy in such a formation
    纵队；小分队
    ■a similar formation of ships in a fleet or convoy
    （舰队的）纵阵
常用词组
派生
columnar
adjective
columned
adjective
  1. 四柱门廊
    [often in combination]a four-columned portico.
语源
  1. late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna 'pillar'
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