colon
英['kəʊlən]
美['kolən]
- n. [解剖] 结肠；冒号（用于引语、说明、例证等之前）；科郎（哥斯达黎加货币单位）
英英释意
- 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
- 3. the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos
- 4. a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)