/'kɒləm; `kɑləm/
n
1 tall pillar, usu round and made of stone, either supporting part of the roof of a building or standing alone as a monument 高柱; （通常为）石制圆柱, 支柱, 纪念柱
*The temple is supported by massive columns. 此庙由粗大的柱子支撑.
* Nelson's Column is a famous monument in London. 纳尔逊纪念碑是伦敦着名的纪念碑. =>illus 见插图.
2 thing shaped like a column 圆柱形物
*a column of smoke, ie smoke rising straight up 烟柱（直上的烟）
* the ,spinal `column, ie the backbone 脊柱（脊骨）
* a column of mercury, ie in a thermometer 水银柱（温度计中）.
3 (abbr 缩写 col) one of two or more vertical sections of printed material on a page （印刷品每页上的）列, 栏
*Each page of this dictionary has two columns of text. 本词典每页上有两列正文.
4 part of a newspaper regularly dealing with a particular subject or written by the same journalist （报纸的）专栏
*the `fashion, `motoring, fi`nancial, etc column 时装、汽车、财经等专栏
* the correspondence columns of `The Times' 《泰晤士报》上的通讯栏
* I always read her column in the local paper. 我经常在当地报纸上看她的专栏文章.
5 (a) long line of vehicles, ships, etc following one behind the other 长列（排成长行的车辆、船只等）.
(b) large group of soldiers, tanks, etc moving forward in short rows 纵队（短排前进的大队士兵、坦克车等）.
6 series of numbers arranged one under the other 纵行数字
*add up a long column of figures 把一串纵行数字相加.

n[C]

[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French;Origin: colomne, from Latin columna, from columen 'top']
a tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration
a 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 figures
an 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 column
one 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 10 column inches to the event (=their article filled a column ten inches long) .
something that has a tall thin shape
column of
　a column of smoke
a long moving line of people or things
column of
　a column of marching men
→fifth column, gossip column, personal column, spinal column