column
/ˈkɒləm/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）。
1.1
- a similar vertical, roughly cylindrical thing柱状物：
a great column of smoke.
巨大的烟柱。
1.2
- 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。
2.1
- a vertical arrangement of figures or other information（数字或其他资料的）列; 纵行。
2.2
- 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。
3.1
- Military a narrow-fronted deep formation of troops in successive lines【军】纵队（队形）。
3.2
- a military force which might deploy in such a formation纵队; 小分队。
3.3
- a similar formation of ships in a fleet or convoy（舰队的）纵阵。
派生词
columnar
adjectivecolumned
adjective四柱门廊。
词源
late Middle English: partly from Old French columpne, reinforced by its source, Latin columna 'pillar'.