/'kəʊlən; `kolən/
n lower part of the large intestine 结肠. =>illus at digestive 见digestive之插图.

/'kəʊlən; `kolən/
n punctuation mark (:) used in writing and printing to show that what follows is an example, list or summary of what precedes it, or a contrasting idea 冒号（:）. =>App
3 见附录3. Cf 参看 semicolon.

n[C]
[Sense: 1; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin:Greek kolon 'large intestine, food, meat']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin:'part of a poem', from Greek kolon 'arm or leg, part of a poem']
technical the lower part of the bowels, in which food is changed into waste matter
the sign (:) that is used in writing and printing to introduce an explanation, example, quotation etc
→semicolon