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单词 column
释义
columncol‧umn /ˈkɒləm $ ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ W2 noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcolumn
Origin:
1400-1500 Old French colomne, from Latin columna, from columen ‘top’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Columns of factory workers waved banners.
  • Columns of men and women were making their way towards the central square.
  • a row of Greek columns
  • a weekly column
  • an advice column
  • Did you read Julie Burchill's column in the Guardian this week?
  • His column appears every other week in the local paper.
  • Sales totals are shown in this column.
  • The column of French soldiers passed us on their way to the battlefront.
  • The article I told you about is in the left column.
  • The car has an adjustable steering column.
  • The first column is for expenses.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • By their shape, pillars signified trees, but also stone columns.
  • Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column, but I soon beetled the truth out of him.
  • Effective rate for contracts entered into two days from date appearing at top of this column.
  • In the Cathedral at Gurk there is a vast crypt possessing 100 columns which support a groined vault dating from 1160.
  • Press 3 to turn on the column feature.
  • Tabular setting text set in columns such as timetables.
  • They want photo stories, tales of holiday romances, horoscopes and advice columns as well as free gifts of make-up and jewellery.
  • This is particularly important when a column has entries of different lengths.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject: · Greg began his career writing articles for the college magazine.· an interesting newspaper article
an article in a newspaper about a recent event, especially one that a lot of people find interesting or exciting: · a front-page story· I read a newspaper story about the crash.· The local paper ran a story (=published a story) about the festival.
a short article in a newspaper or magazine: · I’ve written a couple of pieces for the New York Times magazine.· The piece was first published in the Observer.
a special article about a particular subject, often with photographs and continuing for several pages: · They had a special feature on Croatia.· The paper did a big feature on growing your own food.
an article in a newspaper or magazine about a book, play, product, hotel etc, giving someone’s opinion of it: · The play had rave reviews (=people liked it a lot - an informal use).· Did you see the review of the new Coldplay album?
an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · He has a weekly column in the Times.· She writes a newspaper column on gardening.
a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: · Several years ago the New York Times published an editorial stating that the appropriate minimum wage is $0.00.
British English an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine: · His mother has kept all his old press cuttings.
parts of a newspaper
a piece of writing in a newspaper about a particular subject: · an article on the education reforms
a piece of writing in a newspaper about an event: · newspaper reports on the war
a report in a newspaper about an event, especially one that is not very serious or reliable: · You can’t always believe what you read in newspaper stories.
the title of an important newspaper article, printed in large letters above the article. The headlines are the titles of the most important stories on the front page: · The singer’s drug problem has been constantly in the headlines.
the page on the front of a newspaper which has the most important news stories: · The story was all over the front page.
the pages in a newspaper dealing with a particular area of news such as sports, business, or entertainment: · the financial pages of The Times· the arts section
the page of a newspaper on which the editor of a newspaper and other people express their opinions about the news, rather than just giving facts: · an editorial on the vaccination programme
an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly: · his weekly column on gardening
Longman Language Activatora line of writing or numbers
a line of writing that goes across a page: · Martin opened the letter and read the first few lines - it was bad news.· Start reading at line 12.line of: · a few lines of poetry
a line of numbers written under each other, that goes down a page: · Sales totals are shown in this column.· Add up the numbers in the column on the right.
a line of people
a line of people who are standing behind each other or next to each other: · The Queen is walking slowly along the lines of soldiers, occasionally stopping to ask a question.in a line (=forming a line): · The photographer asked us to stand in a line.form a line (=make a line): · The teacher got the children to form a line before they went into the hall.
a line of people who have been arranged to stand or sit next to each other, especially when there are several lines of people arranged one behind another: · Can you see me in the photo? I'm in the back row on the left.in a row: · The hotel staff stood in a row to greet their important guests.
British /line American a number of people who are standing one behind another, waiting to do something: · There was a queue of about fifteen people at the bus stop.queue for: · The line for the movie went right around the block.form a queue/line (=make a queue/line): · The women who were waiting outside the toilets began to form a queue.in the queue (=part of the queue): · Excuse me, are you in the queue?
if a group of people walk in single file , they walk one behind another in a line: · The path was so narrow that we had to walk in single file.
a group of people or vehicles that move slowly along in a line, especially as part of a public ceremony: · We were held up by a long funeral procession.· The children were eager to take part in the carnival procession.
an event in which a line of people such as musicians, dancers etc, or a line of decorated vehicles, go down the street while other people watch them in order to celebrate something: · A lot of soldiers were missing from the Victory parade.· When Johnson arrived home after the championships a big parade was held in his honour.
a long moving line of people, especially soldiers: · The column of French soldiers passed us on their way to the battlefront.· Columns of men and women were making their way towards the central square.
parts of newspapers
the first page of a newspaper, where all the most important news stories are shown: · His face was all over the front page of the News of the World.
a page or set of pages in a newspaper that tells you about television, sport etc: · Could you give me the sports page if you're finished with it?· I don't know why you buy a paper - you only read the television pages.
the words in big letters at the top of a newspaper report that tell you what the report is about: · I just saw the headline. I didn't have time to read the article.· The headline read: "Pope to Visit Kazakhstan."
a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine about a particular subject: · He began his career writing articles for the college magazine.article on/about: · Did you read that article on the Middle Eastern peace process?· There was an interesting article in the LA Times about bullying at work.newspaper/magazine article: · He had once read a magazine article about it in the dentist's office.
a piece of writing in a newspaper that gives the personal opinion of the editor about something that is in the news: · Their editorials always criticize the government, whatever it does.
an article by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine: · a weekly column· Did you read Julie Burchill's column in the Guardian this week?
WORD SETS
adjoin, verbalcove, nounantechamber, nounanteroom, nounapartment block, nounapse, nounarcade, nounart gallery, nounatrium, nounattic, nounauditorium, nounawning, nounback door, nounback-to-back, nounbailey, nounbalcony, nounbalustrade, nounbanister, nounbarn, nounbasilica, nounbastion, nounbay window, nounblock, nounbrownstone, nounbungalow, nounbunkhouse, nounbyre, nouncabin, nouncampanile, nouncanteen, nouncarport, nouncasement, nouncastle, nounceiling, nouncellar, nouncentre, nounchalet, nounchamber, nounchancel, nounchanging room, nounchateau, nounchimney, nounchimney breast, nounchimney pot, nounchimney stack, nouncladding, nounclerk of works, nouncloakroom, nouncloister, nounclubhouse, nouncoatroom, nouncocktail lounge, nouncolonnade, nouncolumn, nouncommon room, nouncomplex, nouncompound, nounconcourse, nouncondominium, nounconservatory, nounconvent, nouncoping, nouncornerstone, nouncorn exchange, nouncorridor, nouncottage, nouncountry house, nouncountry seat, nouncourthouse, nouncowshed, noundado, noundance hall, noundetached, adjectivedoor, noundoorpost, noundormer, nounedifice, nounentry, nounentryway, nounestate, nounestate agent, nounextension, nouneyrie, nounfacade, nounfallout shelter, nounfamily room, nounfarmhouse, nounfire door, nounfire escape, nounfire station, nounfitment, nounfixture, nounflatlet, nounflight, nounfloor, nounfolly, nounforecourt, nounfort, nounfortress, nounfoyer, nounfrontage, nounfront room, nounfuneral home, noungable, noungabled, adjectivegargoyle, noungrandstand, noungrange, noungranny flat, noungrille, nounground floor, nounguardhouse, nounguesthouse, nounguildhall, noungutter, nounguttering, noungym, noungymnasium, nounhabitation, nounhall, nounhallway, nounhatch, nounhatchway, nounhayloft, nounhealth centre, nounhigh-rise, adjectivehospice, nounhospital, nounlaboratory, nounlanding, nounleaded lights, nounlean-to, nounledge, nounlightning conductor, nounlintel, nounlobby, nounlodge, nounloft, nounlog cabin, nounlounge, nounlouvre, nounmaisonette, nounmezzanine, nounmilking parlour, nounmoving staircase, nounmullion, nounnave, nounniche, nounoast house, nounobelisk, nounoffice building, nounoratory, nounoutbuilding, nounouthouse, nounoverhang, nounparapet, nounparty wall, nounpediment, nounpenthouse, nounperistyle, nounpicture window, nounpilaster, nounpillar, nounpinnacle, nounplatform, nounplumber, nounplumbing, nounpodium, nounpoint, verbPortakabin, nounpotting shed, nounpresbytery, nounpress gallery, nounprivy, nounpublic convenience, nounpyramid, nounrafter, nounrail, nounrampart, nounribbon development, nounrotunda, nounsanctuary, nounschoolhouse, nounscience park, nounsepulchre, nounservice charge, nounshack, nounshed, nounshop front, nounskylight, nounskyscraper, nounsliding door, nounsmokestack, nounsmoking room, nounspiral staircase, nounspire, nounsports centre, nounstack, nounstadium, nounstair, nounstaircase, nounstairway, nounstairwell, nounstall, nounstately home, nounstateroom, nounstation, nounsteeple, nounstep, nounstonework, nounstoop, nounstoreroom, nounstorm cellar, nounstory, nounstudio, nountenement, nountepee, nounterrace, nountheatre, nountoilet, nountool shed, nountower block, nountown hall, nountownhouse, nountransept, nountransom, nountrapdoor, nountreasury, nounturret, nounvault, nounvaulted, adjectivevaulting, nounventilator, nounvestibule, nounvilla, nounwalkway, nounwall, nounwatchtower, nounwater tower, nounweatherboard, nounwedding chapel, nounwing, nounwoodshed, nounworkhouse, nounworkroom, nounworkshop, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + column
· He’s the writer of a weekly newspaper column.
· Her daily column covered a wide range of topics.
· His views were well-known from his regular column in The Spectator magazine.
(=one about the private lives of famous people)· She was upset by an item in the Washington Times gossip column.
(=that expresses the opinion of a newspaper editor)· the Financial Times editorial column
· He wrote a financial column for the evening newspaper.
(=that prints some of the letters a newspaper receives)· Thousands of letters poured in to the correspondence column.
(=about the life of someone who has just died)· I spotted Stephenson's name in the obituary column.
British English (=in which people can have personal messages printed)· I put a small advertisement in the personal column of the paper.
British English (=that gives advice to readers about personal problems)· Romantic relationships are much discussed in all the agony columns.
British English (=with advertisements for a new lover or friend)· Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.
verbs
· He writes a column on gardening for the Daily News.
(=write one)· Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
column + NOUN
(=space in a newspaper or magazine)· Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=a regular article in a newspaper written by a particular journalist)· She writes a regular newspaper column about gardening.
· He could see a thin black column of smoke rising vertically into the sky.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Pictures were almost non-existent, long columns of grey, illegible type propped up its pages.· Soldiers, in half-mile-long columns, paraded through town.· I turned and saw a long blue column approaching with a corporal in charge.· I count a hundred eighty-five mov-ing along the shore in a long column, three or four bodies deep.· Every few minutes the guns would halt as some obstruction worked its way down the long column.· Warren happened to ride toward the point in the long column occupied by the brigade of General Stephen H.. Weed.· Word was passed down the long column to close up, and to be ready to make a dash for the ford.· He perused the long columns of journalistic licence which covered the Mercury's front page.
· This month's personal finance column therefore takes a back to basics look at expatriate tax.· When you do, place an advertisement in the personal column of the International Herald Tribune to read as follows.· Clive Thornton contributed a personal finance column.
· Chiropractic Practitioners deal with the structural relationships between the nerve tissues and the spinal column.· The central rod is known as the Sushumna and corresponds to the spinal column.· Many neurologic disorders affecting the brain stem, cerebellum, and spinal cord posterior column may cause dizzy sensations.· These are connected vertically to the idol along the spinal column, over the chakras and end at the head.· The pinioned hands of the condemned man went suddenly white as the noose and the drop snapped his spinal column.· They had rudimentary spinal columns and became the forerunners of fish.· At intervals along its length groups of nerve fibres emerge from the spinal column to connect with the peripheral nervous system.
· Glasgow also had a weekly deaf column in the Glasgow Evening Times, written by a variety of people.· Six weeks after I got there, my wish to write a weekly column was fulfilled.· These are issues from which the sporting public is excluded other than in a weekly letters column.· Perhaps unbeknown to you, the first lady has been churning out a weekly column since July 30 of last year.· Before his Colette-Willy period he had contributed a weekly column of musical criticism to a Bordeaux newspaper.· On top of the weekly columns, Brady has been a writing machine.· Designing Minds is a weekly column exploring home and design issues, ideas and resources.
NOUN
· When such an article rises above the level of a gossip column, the artist's profile can be a valuable format.· Without Deborah they did not add to any more than another name for the bars and gossip columns of New York.· He made more gossip column copy than our delightful princess.· When they stirred controversies, they were generally reported by the feature pages and gossip columns of newspapers.· Harriet read film and gossip column mags voraciously.· Her colourful opinions soon gave her a wider platform and she became a familiar face in the gossip columns.· Back in London, her name began appearing in the gossip columns.· Even colleagues assumed the gossip column staff spent most of their waking hours at parties.
· Meanwhile, there was the question of his presents, to which much time and many column inches were devoted.· Between this and stories on Burke of the Somme, Chant's death attracted a lot of column inches.· A column inch is one column wide by one inch deep.· We have this morning's here, Chock full of column inches on yourself.· Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers.· The official excuse for a sudden wave sweeping every column inch of coverage is that a genuine revelation has occurred.· And by the spring of 1988, the column inches devoted to her in Britain's tabloids were adding up to miles.
· Best-selling books, magazine articles and newspaper columns publicised his ideas.· Tony Lewis, the chairman, set out the rationale in his newspaper column.· Thousands of people knew him from his radio and television appearances and weekly newspaper column for the Los Angeles Times.· So disillusioned and grumpy is he that he writes a local newspaper column on the subject.· Can this city survive without its traditional battalions of colorful characters swaggering through saloons and newspaper columns?· Instead, the information related solely to a forthcoming newspaper column which recommended the shares of particular companies.· Should he try to write a newspaper column?
VERB
· Back in London, her name began appearing in the gossip columns.
· With a spreadsheet, you can display more rows and columns.· The screen scrolls to the right, displaying the first four columns. 16.
· The budget figures for the selected projects and the other resource-consuming activities are entered into the budget column and subtotals calculated.· Press 2, then Enter, for two columns.· At the review dates the expenditure per planning period is entered in the actual column opposite the relevant activity.· Where agreed, they are entered into this column.· This number is entered into the appropriate column.
· Turbulence produced by rapidly moving columns of air also generates low-frequency sounds.· In the meantime, the 2d Battalion of the 271 Regiment, moving forward in a column, engaged the northernmost company.· The various components of the mixture separate as they gradually move down the column.· The solution? Move the column as a rectangle, not as a column.· Component 1 has the higher partition coefficient and thus moves through the column faster.· When you move a column, the tab codes on either side come with it.· Always move the deleted column at once, otherwise you may lose it from the Scrap. 8 Tap Ins for Insert.· We will now move the first column to the end of the table. 10.
· They've all read the Magpie column but arrive at differing conclusions.· I read the column every Thursday and like it a lot.· Harriet read film and gossip column mags voraciously.· The first thing you should do, before you even read this column, is take the guided tour offered onscreen.· I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.· She must not read this column!· As reading down the columns shows, the meanings of the phonetics, on the other hand, do not.
· The result of using the mean of each triple instead of the median is shown in columns 4 and 5 of figure 9.7.· The tax rates shown in column 2 of Table 8-2 are marginal tax rates.· Main storage technologies have similarly evolved, as shown in the fourth column of Figure 1.8.· The adjusted figures are shown in the second column of Table 6.· The frequencies of these breakage types are shown in columns 2 and 3 in Table 3.7.
· The arches are supported on columns with Composite capitals.· Graceful, narrow arches supported by Corinthian columns flank its altar and frame its windows.· The electronic zoo consists of a 9m grid coffered slab supported by reinforced columns.· Each one has its silvery gray live-oak lintel, still supporting the column of lovely pink brick.· The central space or nave was 280 feet long and 80 feet wide and the roof was supported on 96 granite columns.· Our regiment was on the left, and supporting the assaulting column.· These are great vaulted underground caverns, the roof supported by columns which display a wide variety of capital design.· It was an ornate old lobby with great marble supporting columns and big pots of palms standing around.
· So disillusioned and grumpy is he that he writes a local newspaper column on the subject.· On the board she had written two columns of phrases.· He writes a daily showbiz column for them.· Herb Caen wrote a column like that.· Among other old boys: Johnny Giles writes a regular football column in the Daily Mail.· He writes a monthly column for Wired and was an original investor.· I even wrote a monthly column of book reviews plus a feature on newly released recordings, both popular and classical.· Barry wrote a column about bad songs from the rock era and somehow managed to milk it into a book.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • He met Dominique through a lonely hearts ad.
  • How would you describe yourself in a lonely hearts ad?
  • They talked about books, the theatre, cinema, where they lived, lonely hearts columns.
1column (1)a tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration2a line of numbers or words written under each other that goes down a page → rowin a column Add up the numbers in each column.column of a column of figures3an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine:  He writes a weekly column for ‘The Times’.music/science/gardening etc column4one of two or more areas of print that go down the page of a newspaper or book and that are separated from each other by a narrow space:  Turn to page 5, column 2. ‘The Sun’ devoted ten column inches to the event (=their article filled a column ten inches long).5something that has a tall thin shapecolumn of a column of smoke6a long moving line of people or thingscolumn of a column of marching men → fifth column, gossip column, personal column, spinal columnCOLLOCATIONS– Meaning 3ADJECTIVES/NOUN + columna newspaper column· He’s the writer of a weekly newspaper column.a weekly/daily/monthly column· Her daily column covered a wide range of topics.a regular column· His views were well-known from his regular column in The Spectator magazine.a gossip column (=one about the private lives of famous people)· She was upset by an item in the Washington Times gossip column.an editorial column (=that expresses the opinion of a newspaper editor)· the Financial Times editorial columna financial column· He wrote a financial column for the evening newspaper.a correspondence/letters column (=that prints some of the letters a newspaper receives)· Thousands of letters poured in to the correspondence column.an obituary column (=about the life of someone who has just died)· I spotted Stephenson's name in the obituary column.the personal column British English (=in which people can have personal messages printed)· I put a small advertisement in the personal column of the paper.an agony column British English (=that gives advice to readers about personal problems)· Romantic relationships are much discussed in all the agony columns.a lonely hearts column British English (=with advertisements for a new lover or friend)· Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.verbswrite a column· He writes a column on gardening for the Daily News.have a column (=write one)· Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.column + NOUNcolumn inches (=space in a newspaper or magazine)· Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.
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