/ˈkɒləm ||; ˈkɑləm/noun[C]
1 a tall solid vertical post made of stone, supporting or decorating a building or standing alone 石柱;支柱:
Nelson's Column is a monument in London. 纳尔逊石柱是伦敦的一座纪念碑。
2 something that has the shape of a column 柱状物:
a column of smoke (=smoke rising straight up) 一柱烟
3 one of the vertical sections into which a printed page, especially in a newspaper, is divided 栏(尤指报纸的)
4 a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine that is part of a regular series or always written by the same writer ﹙报纸﹑杂志上的﹚专栏:
the travel/gossip column 旅游╱闲谈专栏
5 a series of numbers written one under the other 纵列数字:
to add up a column of figures 把纵列数字加起来
6 a long line of people, vehicles, etc, one following behind another 一列(人、车等):
a column of troops 一列士兵