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column/ˈkɒləm/n. 1 Archit. an upright cylindrical pillar often slightly tapering and usu. supporting an entablature or arch, or standing alone as a monument 【建】柱，支柱；圆柱；纪念柱 2 a structure or part shaped like a column 柱形建筑；柱形物 3 a vertical cylindrical mass of liquid or vapour (液体或气体的)水柱，烟柱 4a a vertical division of a page, chart, etc., containing a sequence of figures or words (数字)列；(文字)栏 b the figures or words themselves 数列；文字 5 a part of a newspaper regularly devoted to a particular subject (报纸的)专栏 gossip column 漫谈栏 6a Mil. an arrangement of troops in successive lines, deep from front to rear but of narrow width 【军】纵队 b Naut. a similar arrangement of ships 【海】(军舰的)纵阵，纵队 □ dodge the column Brit. colloq. shirk one's duty; avoid work [英口]逃避责任；躲避工作 □ columnar /kəˈlʌmnə/ adj.□ columned adj.[Middle English from Old French columpne, Latin columna ‘pillar’] |