colon

noun
🔊/ˈkəʊlən/, 🔊/ˈkəʊlɒn/
🔊/ˈkəʊlən/
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  1. the mark ( : ) used to introduce a list, a summary, an explanation, etc. or before reporting what somebody has said冒号 compare semicolonTopics Languagec1
  2. (anatomy解剖学) the main part of the large intestine结肠
    (= part of the bowels)
    Topics Bodyc2
  3. Word Originsense 1 mid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause’.sense 2 late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon.