colon

名词 colon:

1. the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted
2. the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos
   同义词：El Salvadoran colon
3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
   同义词：Costa Rican colon
4. a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal
   同义词：Aspinwall
5. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

1. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach.
   内窥镜，内视镜一种目测检查身体通道或中空器官，如结肠、膀胱或胃的内部的仪器
2. There is a colon omitted in this sentence.
   这个句子中丢了一个冒号。
3. The old man died from colon cancer.
   这位老人死于结肠癌。

colon

n.（名词）
【复数】 co.lons

A punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a quotation, an explanation, an example, or a series and often after the salutation of a business letter.
冒号：标点符号（：）用于一个词后引导一个引用语、解释说明、例子或一系列的并常用于商务信件的敬称之后
The sign (:) used between numbers or groups of numbers in expressions of time (2:30a.m. ) and ratios (:2).
冒号：符号（：）用于数字间或表示时间的一组数字间（2:30上午 ）和比率间（:2）
pl. co.la[-l…] A section of a metrical period in quantitative verse, consisting of two to six feet and in Latin verse having one principal accent.
【复数】 co.la[-l…] 言词的节奏单位，拉丁诗歌中从两个到六个音步中，含有一个主重音

来源：
Latin côlon [part of a verse]
拉丁语 côlon [诗歌节奏]
from Greek kôlon [limb, member, metrical unit]
源自 希腊语 kôlon [分支，子句，韵脚]

colon
colon 2

n.（名词）
【复数】 co.lons 或 co.la [-l…]
The section of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum.
结肠：从盲肠到直肠的大肠的一部分

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Latin
源自 拉丁语
from Greek kolon [large intestine]
源自 希腊语 kolon [大肠]

【引伸】
colon.ic

colon
colon 3

n.（名词）
【复数】 co.lons 或 co.lo.nes [-lô.n3s.]
A basic unit of currency in Costa Rica and El Salvador.See table at currency
科朗：哥斯达黎加和萨尔瓦多的货币单位参见 currency

来源：
Spanish colón
西班牙语 colón
after Cristóbal Colón , Christopher Columbus
源自克里斯托巴尔 科隆 ，克里斯朵夫·哥伦布