column Значение & определение

Значение на column на български

• 0 one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine is divided:

  • I didn't have time to read the whole article - just the first column.

  • She writes a weekly fashion/gossip column for the Evening Standard.

  • Add the column of figures and divide the sum by three.

• 1 a tall, vertical stone post, used as a support for a roof or in classical buildings (= in the style of ancient Greece or Rome) for decoration, or standing alone as a monument (= a symbol of respect for a special person or event):

  • The roof of the temple was held up by a row of thick stone columns.

  • Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square

  • A column of smoke rose from the chimney.

  • a column of refugees

• 2 a tall, vertical post used as a support for the roof of a building or for decoration

  • a column of soldiers

  • a column of smoke

• 3 one of several vertical blocks of print into which a page of a newspaper or magazine is divided:

  • The article filled two columns.

  • a column on sports

  • a column of figures

• 4 a vertical block of printed text on a page of a newspaper or magazine:

  • The article appears in the second column on page two.

• 5 a piece of writing in a newspaper or magazine which is always written by the same person and appears regularly, usually on a particular subject:

  • She continued to write her column until shortly before her death.

• 6 a vertical block of words or numbers:

  • Reading from left to right, the first four columns depict transactions with customers.