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column n.圆柱,柱壮物,专栏,纵队 If your boss says, “I’m going to give you a column!” you may be getting a regular writing gig, or you may be getting a large pillar typically used to support a building. (You’ll know which it is when you see it.)Column also refers to something that resembles a pillar or stack, such as a column of smoke, or columns of numbers that must be added. Column also describes lines of text that form long rectangles on a page, separated by a thin line of space. ★★★☆☆ 2007.2

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['kɔləm] Someone who writes a column for a newspaper provides an article that expresses his or her viewpoint on a regular basis, such as a column about local politics which appears in the Sunday edition. For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn.”  1[N-COUNT 可数名词]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. ...a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square.伦敦的标志性建筑，特拉法尔加广场上的纳尔逊将军纪念柱2[N-COUNT 可数名词]柱状物 A column is something that has a tall narrow shape.   [usu N of n]The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air.爆炸在空中形成了几千英尺高的烟柱。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [usu N of n]There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the  streets.有报道说几队军用车辆出现在街头。4[N-COUNT 可数名词](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. We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures...我们稀里糊涂，看串了数字栏。In The Dictionary of Quotations, there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to 'kiss'.在《引语词典》中，“亲吻”这一条目不下一栏半。5[N-COUNT 可数名词](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.   [usu supp N]His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers...他的名字频繁地出现在各种小报社会专栏的显著位置上。She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement.她也定期为《泰晤士报高等教育增刊》写专栏文章。6See also:agony column；gossip column；personal column；spinal column；steering column；

英语单词	column
英美音标	['kɔləm]
中文释义	n.圆柱,柱壮物,专栏,纵队
vocab简明	Someone who writes a column for a newspaper provides an article that expresses his or her viewpoint on a regular basis, such as a column about local politics which appears in the Sunday edition.
vocab扩展	If your boss says, “I’m going to give you a column!” you may be getting a regular writing gig, or you may be getting a large pillar typically used to support a building. (You’ll know which it is when you see it.)Column also refers to something that resembles a pillar or stack, such as a column of smoke, or columns of numbers that must be added. Column also describes lines of text that form long rectangles on a page, separated by a thin line of space.
真题原句	For the past several years, the Sunday newspaper supplement Parade has featured a column called “Ask Marilyn.”
柯林斯星级	★★★☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]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. ...a London landmark, Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. 伦敦的标志性建筑，特拉法尔加广场上的纳尔逊将军纪念柱 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]柱状物 A column is something that has a tall narrow shape. [usu N of n] The explosion sent a column of smoke thousands of feet into the air. 爆炸在空中形成了几千英尺高的烟柱。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [usu N of n] There were reports of columns of military vehicles appearing on the streets. 有报道说几队军用车辆出现在街头。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. We had stupidly been looking at the wrong column of figures... 我们稀里糊涂，看串了数字栏。 In The Dictionary of Quotations, there are no fewer than one and a half columns devoted to 'kiss'. 在《引语词典》中，“亲吻”这一条目不下一栏半。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词](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. [usu supp N] His name features frequently in the social columns of the tabloid newspapers... 他的名字频繁地出现在各种小报社会专栏的显著位置上。 She also writes a regular column for the Times Educational Supplement. 她也定期为《泰晤士报高等教育增刊》写专栏文章。 6 See also:agony column ；gossip column ；personal column ；spinal column ；steering column ；
来源	2007.2

Column N Count 可数名词 Newspaper Regular [Usu N S