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column

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Related topics: Buildings, Newspapers, printing, publishing
col·umn /ˈkɒləm $ ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ W2 noun [countableC]  
1. column.jpg TBBa tall solid upright stone post used to support a building or as a decoration 支柱，柱，圆柱
2  LINEa line of numbers or words written under each other that goes down a page 〔数字或单词的〕列 → row
in a column
 Add up the numbers in each column.
将每一列中的数字相加。
column of
 a column of figures
一列数字
3  TCNan article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine 〔报纸或杂志的〕专栏（文章）
 He writes a weekly column for ‘The Times’.
他每周为《泰晤士报》写一篇专栏文章。
music/science/gardening etc column 音乐/科学/园艺等专栏
4  TCNLINEone 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 〔报纸或书页上的〕栏
 Turn to page 5, column 2.
翻到第5页第2栏。
 ‘The Sun’ devoted ten column inches to the event (=their article filled a column ten inches long).
《太阳报》用了10英寸的栏长报道这一事件。
5  LINEsomething that has a tall thin shape 柱状物
column of
 a column of smoke
一柱轻烟
6  LINEa long moving line of people or things 〔人或物排成的移动的〕（一）队，（一）列；纵行[列]
column of
 a column of marching men
一队行进的人
→ fifth column, gossip column, personal column, spinal column
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 3: an article on a particular subject or by a particular writer that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + column
a newspaper column
He’s the writer of a weekly newspaper column.
a weekly/daily/monthly column
Her daily column covered a wide range of topics.
a regular column
His views were well-known from his regular column in The Spectator magazine.
a gossip column (=one about the private lives of famous people)
She was upset by an item in the Washington Times gossip column.
an editorial column (=that expresses the opinion of a newspaper editor)
the Financial Times editorial column
a financial column
He wrote a financial column for the evening newspaper.
a correspondence/letters column (=that prints some of the letters a newspaper receives)
Thousands of letters poured in to the correspondence column.
an obituary column (=about the life of someone who has just died)
I spotted Stephenson's name in the obituary column.
the personal column British EnglishBrE (=in which people can have personal messages printed)
I put a small advertisement in the personal column of the paper.
an agony column British EnglishBrE (=that gives advice to readers about personal problems)
Romantic relationships are much discussed in all the agony columns.
a lonely hearts column British EnglishBrE (=with advertisements for a new lover or friend)
Some men place advertisements in the lonely hearts columns.
verbs
write a column
He writes a column on gardening for the Daily News.
have a column (=write one)
Lynch had a weekly column in a Sydney newspaper.
column + NOUN
column inches (=space in a newspaper or magazine)
Many column inches have recently been devoted to the troubled pop star.
Examples from the Corpus
column• In the Cathedral at Gurk there is a vast crypt possessing 100 columns which support a groined vault dating from 1160.• Columns of factory workers waved banners.• Columns of men and women were making their way towards the central square.• This is particularly important when a column has entries of different lengths.• an advice column• They want photo stories, tales of holiday romances, horoscopes and advice columns as well as free gifts of make-up and jewellery.• The first column is for expenses.• a row of Greek columns• His column appears every other week in the local paper.• Tabular setting text set in columns such as timetables.• The article I told you about is in the left column.• Crowe offered a pathetic excuse about investigating woodworm infestation for his nature column, but I soon beetled the truth out of him.• Did you read Julie Burchill's column in the Guardian this week?• The car has an adjustable steering column.• By their shape, pillars signified trees, but also stone columns.• Press 3 to turn on the column feature.• The column of French soldiers passed us on their way to the battlefront.• Sales totals are shown in this column.• Effective rate for contracts entered into two days from date appearing at top of this column.• a weekly column
column of figures• I got up and walked past the waiter, who was struggling with a column of figures, and used the phone.• A column of figures and a knitting pattern.• The process is repeated down the entire column of figures.• The books Margaret gave me had columns of figures, written in different inks.• Addition: Suppose you are given a long column of figures to add.• I took a look inside: computer printouts of columns of figures.• With other notices by the reception desk there was a tide-table and he ran his finger down the column of figures.• In management reports it is often worth adding up the columns of figures that are presented.
writes ... column• Two days later, he writes another column.• He writes a monthly column for Wired and was an original investor.
column inches• Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers.• Meanwhile, there was the question of his presents, to which much time and many column inches were devoted.• If they had a half decent team then perhaps they would warrant a few more column inches!!• We have this morning's here, Chock full of column inches on yourself.• Between this and stories on Burke of the Somme, Chant's death attracted a lot of column inches.• The success of the series and the regular column inches went hand in hand, as did Kylie and Jason.• And by the spring of 1988, the column inches devoted to her in Britain's tabloids were adding up to miles.
column ... smoke• He was startled to see a column of smoke rising from among the trees.• These witnesses had heard an explosion and seen a column of smoke rise from behind a range of hills in Soviet territory.• It sat stalled, the cabin shattered, with a column of black smoke rising from it.• A column of smoke and fire shot up above the horizon with astonishing violence.• Three times a day we hear steam whistles, and here and there are columns of smoke rising.• Soon they could all see similar columns of smoke going up in every direction.• Tall columns of smoke were rising...• There were columns of smoke coming from the houses in the small street behind the square.
From Longman Business Dictionary
columncol·umn /ˈkɒləmˈkɑː-/ noun [countableC]
1ACCOUNTINGa line of numbers written or printed under each other so that they can be easily added up, or a space on a page or on a computer screen for numbers to be arranged in this way
→ cash column
2one of two or more lines 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.
Origin column
(1400-1500) Old French colomne, from Latin columna, from columen “top”
col·umn noun →n COLLOCATIONS1
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