| 单词 | column |
| 释义 | column —columned /kol"euhmd/, columnated /kol"euhm nay'tid/, adj. /kol"euhm/, n. 1. Archit. a. a rigid, relatively slender, upright support, composed of relatively few pieces. b. a decorative pillar, most often composed of stone and typically having a cylindrical or polygonal shaft with a capital and usually a base. 2. any columnlike object, mass, or formation: a column of smoke. 3. a vertical row or list: Add this column of figures. 4. a vertical arrangement on a page of horizontal lines of type, usually typographically justified: There are three columns on this page. 5. a regular feature or series of articles in a newspaper, magazine, or the like, usually having a readily identifiable heading and the byline of the writer or editor, that reports or comments upon a particular field of interest, as politics, theater, or etiquette, or which may contain letters from readers, answers to readers' queries, etc. 6. a long, narrow formation of troops in which there are more members in line in the direction of movement than at right angles to the direction (distinguished from line). 7. a formation of ships in single file. 8. Bot. a columnlike structure in an orchid flower, composed of the united stamens and style. [1400-50; late ME columne < L columna, equiv. to colum(e)n peak + -a fem. ending; akin to EXCEL; r. late ME colompne < AF < L, as above] Syn. 1. COLUMN, PILLAR refer to upright supports in architectural structures. PILLAR is the general word: the pillars supporting the roof. A COLUMN is a particular kind of pillar, esp. one with an identifiable shaft, base, and capital: columns of the Corinthian order. |
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