1. | 柱；（通常为）圆形石柱；纪念柱a tall, solid, vertical post, usually round and made of stone, which supports or decorates a building or stands alone as a monument |
The temple is supported by marble columns. 这座庙宇由大理石柱支撑。 | |
Nelson's Column in London 伦敦的纳尔逊纪念碑 |
2. | 圆柱状物；柱形物a thing shaped like a column |
a column of smoke(= smoke rising straight up) 烟柱 |
3. | （书、报纸等印刷页上的）栏one of the vertical sections into which the printed page of a book, newspaper, etc. is divided |
a column of text 一栏正文 | |
a dictionary with two columns per page 每页有两栏正文的字典 | |
Put a mark in the appropriate column. 在适当的栏里标上记号。 | |
Their divorce filled a lot of column inches in the national papers(= got a lot of attention) . 他们的离婚引起了多家全国性报纸的关注。 |
4. | （报刊的）专栏，栏目a part of a newspaper or magazine which appears regularly and deals with a particular subject or is written by a particular writer |
the gossip/financial column 漫谈╱财经专栏 | |
I always read her column in the local paper. 我一直读她在当地报纸上的专栏文章。 |
5. | 纵行（数字或字）a series of numbers or words arranged one under the other down a page |
to add up a column of figures 把纵行数字相加 |
6. | （人或车辆排成行移动的）长列，纵队a long, moving line of people or vehicles |
a long column of troops and tanks 部队和坦克的长列纵队 |
