名词
1. 柱;圆形石柱;纪念柱
A column is a tall, often decorated cylinder of stone which is built to honour someone or forms part of a building.
2. 柱状物
A column is something that has a tall narrow shape.
3. (人或动物排成的)队，纵行
A column is a group of people or animals which moves in a long line.
4. (字典、报纸或图表的)栏
On a printed page such as a page of a dictionary, newspaper, or printed chart, a column is one of two or more vertical sections which are read downwards.
5. (报纸或杂志的)专栏
In a newspaper or magazine, a column is a section that is always written by the same person or is always about the same topic.
6. see also: agony column;gossip column;personal column;spinal column;steering column
1. (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
Synonym: pillar
2. a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
Synonym: pillar
3. a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography
a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
Synonym: chromatography column
4. any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
5. a page or text that is vertically divided
e.g. the newspaper devoted several columns to the subject
the bookkeeper used pages that were divided into columns
6. an article giving opinions or perspectives
Synonym: editorialnewspaper column
7. a line of units following one after another
8. a vertical array of numbers or other information
e.g. he added a column of numbers
9. anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
e.g. the test tube held a column of white powder
a tower of dust rose above the horizon
a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite