colon
n
lower part of the large intestine 结肠. =>illus at digestive 见digestive之插图.
colon n punctuation mark (:) used in writing and printing to show that what follows is an example, list or summary of what precedes it, or a contrasting idea 冒号(:). =>App 3 见附录3. Cf 参看 semicolon.
On our way home that night I looked down and saw that the necklace was not around my neck any more. I told Pierre. We rushed back to the palace and looked for it.We asked everyone there if they had found a necklace, but without luck. We couldn't find it;