单词 | colon |
释义 | colonn.1 a. Anatomy. The greater portion of the large intestine, extending from the caecum to the rectum. It ascends by the right kidney (right lumbar or ascending colon), passes below the liver to the spleen ( transverse colon), and descends to the left kidney (left lumbar or descending colon), whence it extends (as the sigmoid flexure, or left iliac colon) to the commencement of the rectum. †Formerly, in popular use, the belly or guts; to feed or satisfy colon: to appease hunger. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] > large intestine > colon colon1398 endless gutc1450 colic gut1615 the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > intestines > [noun] tharma700 ropeeOE wombeOE entrailc1330 arse-ropesa1382 entraila1382 bowel1393 bellyc1400 manifold?c1400 gutc1460 tripe?a1505 trillibub1519 puddingsa1525 singles1567 fibre1598 intestine1598 gutlet1615 colon1622 garbage1638 pud1706 intestinule1836 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xlii. 158 The thyrde grete gutte highte Colon..is joyned fast to the nether openynge of all the body. ?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Hiijv The fyrste hyght Esac, the seconde Colon. 1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iii. sig. G4 Mine eyes..curse my feet for not ambling vp and downe to feede Colon. 1631 T. Heywood Fair Maid of West: 2nd Pt. iv. sig. H3v What trick have you to satisfie Colon. 1656 S. Holland Don Zara i. ii. 11 Our Champions..colon crammed with an accustomed vacuity. 1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2097 One Colon or Colick gut. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 306 A calculus, weighing several ounces, found in the colon of a horse. 1842 E. Wilson Anatomist's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) 516. 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) vi. 150. b. Entomology. The second (usually wider) portion of the intestine of an insect. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > internal organ > second portion of intestine colon1836 1836–9 G. Newport in R. B. Todd Encycl. Anat. II. 971/2 at Insect It [the stomach] then is continued backwards as a long ilium and terminates in a muscular banded colon without a distinct rectum. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals 409. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson 139. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2021). colonn.2 1. In Ancient Greek Rhetoric and Ancient Greek Prosody, a member or section of a sentence or rhythmical period; hence in Palaeography, a clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts. plural cola. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > metre > [noun] > part of rhythmical period colon1589 the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > clause clausec1374 particlea1530 limb1577 member1762 main clause1853 colon1883 society > communication > writing > written text > layout > [noun] > measurement of text by lines of fixed length > manuscript clauses written for standard of measure colon1883 1589 [see sense 2]. figurative.1660 Against Sleep in J. Cleaveland Revived (ed. 2) 22 Sleep! the Days Colon, many hours of bliss Lost in a wide Parenthesis.1882 W. Blades Life & Typogr. W. Caxton 126 The Greek grammarians..called a complete sentence a period, a limb was a colon, and a clause a comma. 1883 J. R. Harris in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IV. 151 From Suidas we find that when the στίχος forms a complete clause it is known as a colon. 1883 J. R. Harris in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IV. 152 The methods employed in breaking up the text of Demosthenes into cola and periods. 1883 J. R. Harris in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. IV. 152 Colon-writing is sometimes accompanied by colometry. 2. A punctuation-mark consisting of two dots placed one above the other [:] usually indicating a discontinuity of grammatical construction greater than that marked by the semicolon, but less than that marked by the period. plural colons.Its best defined use is to separate clauses which are grammatically independent and discontinuous, but between which there is an apposition or similar relation of sense. Thus it may introduce an antithetic statement, an illustration, extract, etc. But ‘its use is not very exactly fixed; it was used before punctuation was refined, to mark almost any sense less than a period’ (Johnson). It is also employed to divide prose into metrical periods for chanting. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [noun] > comma, colon, or semicolon subdistinction1585 colon1589 comma1599 semicolona1637 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 61 The auncient reformers of language, inuented, three maner of pauses... The second they called colon, not a peece but as it were a member for his larger length, because it occupied twise as much time as the comma. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Colon, A marke of a sentence not fully ended which is made with two prickes. 1684 S. E. Answer Remarks upon Dr. H. More 60 This plainly is not perfect sense..unless you take away the Colon. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Others say, a Colon is to be used when the Sense is perfect, but the Sentence not concluded. 1748 J. Mason Ess. Elocution 24 A Comma Stops the Voice while we may privately tell one, a Semi Colon two; a Colon three: and a Period four. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 167 The Colon is used to divide a sentence into two or more parts, less connected than those which are separated by a semicolon. 1882 W. Blades Life & Typogr. W. Caxton 125 [Caxton] employed three points, the comma, the colon, and the period or full point. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). † colonn.3 Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.) 1. Roman History. A person who cultivates another's land; a tenant farmer. Cf. colonate n. ΚΠ 1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Gg 5 a His father was a Colone [L. colono] or tenant to the famous Senat Aurelius. 2. A person (esp. a man) who cultivates the land; a farmer or farm worker. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] tiliec1000 acremanOE husbanda1300 husbandmanc1384 farmer1528 breeder1547 farmeress1595 colona1640 agricole1656 georgic1703 agricultor1766 Farmer Giles1770 agriculturer1776 agriculturalist1788 culturist1814 fazendeiro1825 bartoner1832 agriculturist1849 culturalist1866 farmerette1901 dry-land farmer1914 drylander1921 Eurofarmer1957 multiplier1969 pick-your-owner1969 a1640 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (1651) Democritus to Rdr. 38 To see a..country colone toil and moil. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad i. 55 To aid the colon's as the carrier's toil, To drive the coulter, and to fat the soil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). † colonn.4 Obsolete. = column n. (of mercury). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > vertical position > [noun] > vertical mass column1671 colon1766 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [noun] > cylindrical object > upright cylinder > upright cylindrical mass column1671 colon1766 1766 E. Spry in Philos. Trans. 1765 (Royal Soc.) 55 84 The small bowl at the top..renders it far less liable to break by the mercury's ascent, the bowl giving it an immediate expanse from the colon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). colonn.5 A colonial settler or farmer, esp. in a French colony. Now historical.Not fully naturalized. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > colonist or settler > [noun] peopler1566 planter1587 plantator1632 colonist1658 populator1664 storer1690 settler1696 white settler1754 plantationite1756 colonizer1766 colonizationist1823 colon1860 homesteader1870 plantationer1888 1860 Ibis 2 362 A French ‘colon’..had offered to take us to some accessible Griffons' nests. 1957 Economist 12 Oct. 139/1 An old love that makes the Algerian colon's hair stand on end. 1961 G. Greene In Search of a Character i. 29 Drinks at the Governor's: a simple kindly couple quite free from the vices of colons. 2014 M. J. Malone & B. Saodi Guillotine Choice i. 6 That it [sc. the land] had not been taken over by some French colon was a tribute to their hard work and persistence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022). < n.11398n.21589n.31606n.41766n.51860 |
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