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the colon
在医学语境中，'colon'常指结肠，是可数名词。
The colon absorbs water from digested food.
结肠从消化后的食物中吸收水分。
冒号
coli — plural of colon
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
冒号
The punctuation mark colon (:).
The colon absorbs water from digested food.
结肠从消化后的食物中吸收水分。
标点符号⟨:⟩。
The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
大肠的一部分；消化系统的最后一段,位于回肠之后、直肠之前。
Part of the large intestine; the final segment of the digestive system, after (distal to) the ileum and before (proximal to) the rectum. (Because the colon is the largest part of the large intestine (constituting most of it), it is often treated as synonymous therewith in broad or casual usage.)
欧洲殖民定居者,尤指在法国殖民地。
A European colonial settler, especially in a French colony.
古代手稿或文本中作为一行或计量单位的从句或短语组。
A clause or group of clauses written as a line, or taken as a standard of measure in ancient manuscripts or texts.
Please remember to use a colon after the salutation in a formal letter.
请记得在正式信件的称呼后使用冒号。
The surgeon explained that the patient had a blockage in the colon.
外科医生解释说病人的结肠有堵塞。
In the list, separate each item with a colon and a space.
在列表中，用冒号加空格分隔每个项目。
在医学语境中，'colon'常指结肠，是可数名词。
The colon absorbs water from digested food.
结肠从消化后的食物中吸收水分。
在写作中，冒号用于引出解释或列表。
Use a colon to introduce a list.
用冒号引出列表。
Not this
He is a colon in the army.
Use this
He is a colonel in the army.
中文学习者常混淆‘colon’（冒号/结肠）与‘colonel’（上校）的拼写。两者发音不同，但拼写相似，容易误拼。改正后‘colonel’表示军队中的上校军衔。
Not this
I have one goal; to learn English.
Use this
I have one goal: to learn English.
中文学习者常混淆冒号（colon）与分号（semicolon）的用法。在引出解释、列举或总结时应使用冒号，而分号用于连接两个独立子句。改正后句子结构正确。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
结肠癌
He was diagnosed with colon cancer at an early stage.
他在早期被诊断出结肠癌。
结肠息肉
The doctor removed several colon polyps during the colonoscopy.
医生在结肠镜检查中切除了一些结肠息肉。
结肠炎
Chronic colon inflammation can lead to more serious conditions.
慢性结肠炎可能导致更严重的疾病。
Use coli naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
冒号两点像结肠的横截面，记住 'colon' 既指结肠也指冒号。
语域：formal 常见场景：医学、解剖学 多用于医学或生物学文献，日常口语中较少直接使用。
These words share the spelling ending '-lon' but have different vowel sounds; none rhyme with colon (/ˈkoʊlən/). The stress patterns also differ (salon has second-syllable stress; others have first-syllable stress). Use with caution for spelling comparison only.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.