colon

英 ['k??l?n] 美['kol?n]

TEM8低頻詞常用詞匯CET6+GRE

復(fù)數(shù):?colons;

colon 冒號，大腸

1.冒號，來自PIE*skel, 彎，轉(zhuǎn)，詞源同clavicle, scoliosis. 原指分岔，分枝。

2.大腸，詞源不詳。

colon: colon: There are two distinct words colon in English. Colon ‘part of the large intestine’ [16] comes via Latin from Greek kólon, which meant ‘food, meat’ as well as ‘large intestine’. Colon the punctuation mark [16] comes via Latin from Greek kōlon, which originally meant literally ‘limb’. It was applied metaphorically (rather like foot) to a ‘unit of verse’, and hence to a ‘clause’ in general, meanings which survive in English as technical terms. From there it was a short step to the main present-day meaning, ‘punctuation mark’.
colon (n.1): punctuation mark, 1540s, from Latin colon "part of a poem," from Greek kolon (with a long initial -o-) "part of a verse," literally "limb, member" (especially the leg, but also of a tree limb), also, figuratively, "a clause of a sentence," from PIE root *(s)kel- (3) "bent, crooked" (see scoliosis). Meaning evolved from "independent clause" to punctuation mark that sets it off.
colon (n.2): "large intestine," late 14c., from Latinized form of Greek kolon (with a short initial -o-) "large intestine," which is of unknown origin.

1. Calcium may aid in the prevention of colon cancer.: 鈣可能有助于預(yù)防結(jié)腸癌。

2. Here, too, the colon must be followed by a dash.: 這里也是一樣, 應(yīng)當(dāng)在冒號后加破折號.

3. Dr Lee believes that men who exercise can halve their risk of cancer of the colon.: 李醫(yī)生相信，鍛煉身體能使患結(jié)腸癌的風(fēng)險降低一半。

5. The colon, or large intestine, distends and fills with gas.: 結(jié)腸，或大腸，因充滿氣體而膨脹。