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column

英/kˈɒlʌm/
美/ˈkɑɫəm/
01n.

专栏, 圆柱, 纵队, 列, 柱形物

a line of units following one after another; a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands; a vertical array of numbers or other information; anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower