(1)(圆)柱(tall stone or wooden pillar used in a building as a support or a decoration，or standing alone as a monument)[C]：The dome/temple was supported by white marble～s.圆屋顶/神殿用白色大理石柱支撑着。the carved～s in the temple庙宇里的雕花廊柱;The road was carried across the river on a number of large～s.这条路的跨河桥由许多柱子支撑着。Nelson's C～纳尔逊纪念柱;〖同〗pillar，post，support;

(2)柱状物(anything resembles a pillar in shape or use)[C]：a～of smoke/mercury烟柱/水银柱;the spinal～脊椎;

(3)印刷品中的竖栏(one of two or more vertical sections of a page of print)[C](缩写col)：a newspaper～报纸上的栏目;the advertising(or advertisement)/society～广告栏/社会专栏;The dictionary has two～s.这词典(每页)排为两栏。Each page of the dictionary/the newspaper/the accounts ledger has two(many/a few)～s.这字典/报纸/账簿的每一页都有两栏(许多栏目/几栏)。〖同〗 row，line;

(4)(专)栏(article that appears regularly in a newspaper or magazine written by a particular person)[C]：the fashion/motoring/financial/correspondence～时装/汽车驾驶/金融/通讯专栏;write a daily～about sport写每日运动专栏文章;Max Forsyth's～马克斯·福赛斯专栏;sb's～on politics某人的政论专栏;

(5)纵队(formation as of soldiers，vehicles，tanks，ships，animals，etc in which they follow one behind the other)[C]：A～of soldiers marched down the road.一纵队士兵朝路那头开去。a～of infantry/trucks 一队步兵/一列卡车;〖同〗row，line，queue;

(6)纵列数字(list of numbers arranged one under the other)[C]：add up a long～of figures把一长列数字加起来;

→′columnist n 专栏作家;

【辨异】 column 与 pillar 都是“柱子”，区别在于pillar是一般用语，统指一切直立的起支撑作用的柱子;column则专指那种分柱基、柱身和柱头的圆柱。