| 单词 | colon |
| 释义 | colon (once / 4372 pages) 1n 2n 3n In punctuation, a colon is the mark made by stacking two periods (:). The colon can be used to separate the hour and minutes in time (7:30 a.m.) or to introduce a list or a quotation. A colon is also a unit of money in both Costa Rica and El Salvador. It equals 100 centimos in the former and 100 centavos in the latter. When you travel to Costa Rica, you can trade dollars for colons. In medical terms, your colon is part of your digestive system, and its purpose is to extract water from solid waste. In humans, there are four parts of the colon: ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid. WORD FAMILYcolon: colones, colonic, colons, semicolon+/colonic: colonics/semicolon: semicolons USAGE EXAMPLESThe cause was colon cancer, said a daughter, Bano Tyler. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Tracy Young, their single mother, died in 2008 from colon cancer at 37. New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) The 41-year-old Texas woman taped the episodes in August and September while battling Stage 4 colon cancer. Seattle Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1 n the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted 2Hypo|Hyper megacolon an abnormal enlargement of the colon; can be congenital (as in Hirschsprung's disease) or acquired (as when children refuse to defecate) transverse colonthe part of the large intestine that extends across the abdominal cavity and joins the ascending to the descending colon ascending colonthe part of the large intestine that ascends from the cecum to the transverse colon descending colonthe part of the large intestine that descends from the transverse colon to the sigmoid colon sigmoid colon, sigmoid flexurethe s-shaped curve between the descending colon and the rectum large intestine beginning with the cecum and ending with the rectum; includes the cecum and the colon and the rectum; extracts moisture from food residues which are later excreted as feces n a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) 3Hyper punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases 1n the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos Syn|Hyper El Salvadoran colon El Salvadoran monetary unit monetary unit in El Salvador 2n the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos Syn|Hyper Costa Rican colon Costa Rican monetary unit monetary unit in Costa Rica Colon (once / 10460 pages) n WORD FAMILY Colon: Colons USAGE EXAMPLESBartolo Colon, playing first base for Braves, knocks 20th homer of season. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Colon says the cattle were on private property. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) “A lot of people find it difficult to believe there is a wall between news and entertainment,” Colon said. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) n a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal Syn|Exp Aspinwall city, metropolis, urban center a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts porta place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country |
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