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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   column

   • IPA[ˈkäləm]

   美式

   • n.
     an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument；a vertical, roughly cylindrical thing

   • noun: column, plural noun: columns

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. an upright pillar, typically cylindrical and made of stone or concrete, supporting an entablature, arch, or other structure or standing alone as a monument a wide entrance portico of eight Ionic columns the pulpit is hexagonal and stands on seven columns 同義詞 pillar, post, pole, support, upright, ... 更多vertical, baluster, pier, pile, piling, pilaster, stanchion, standard, prop, buttress, rod, shaft, leg, mast, tower, pylon, obelisk, monolith, technicalnewel, caryatid, telamon, herm
   • ▪ a vertical, roughly cylindrical thing a great column of smoke
   • ▪ an upright shaft forming part of a machine and typically used for controlling it a Spitfire control column
   • 2. a vertical division of a page or text turn to page five, column seven detail your expenses in the left-hand column
   • ▪ a vertical arrangement of figures or other information list your strengths and weaknesses in two columns the typical business report consists of columns and rows of numeric information
   • ▪ a section of a newspaper or magazine regularly devoted to a particular subject or written by a particular person he has a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper I've been reading your column for five years 同義詞 article, piece (of writing), item, story, report, ... 更多account, write-up, feature, essay, composition, study, review, criticism, critique, notice, commentary, editorial, leader, informalcrit
   • 3. one or more lines of people or vehicles moving in the same direction a column of tanks moved northwest we walked in a column 同義詞 line, file, procession, rank, row, ... 更多string, chain, train, trail, progression, succession, cavalcade, parade, motorcade, carcade, cortège, convoy, queue, march-past, informalcrocodile
   • ▪ a narrow-fronted deep formation of troops in successive lines a column of 300 to 400 troops
   • ▪ a military force or convoy of ships Moran had commanded a column in the war he organized his column for the coming march 同義詞 line, file, procession, rank, row, ... 更多string, chain, train, trail, progression, succession, cavalcade, parade, motorcade, carcade, cortège, convoy, queue, march-past, informalcrocodile