The ancient temple's marble column still bore the carved inscriptions of its original builders after two millennia.
这座古庙的大理石柱在两千多年后仍保留着最初建造者刻下的铭文。
A restaurant critic's column begins by praising a dish's presentation in vivid, admiring language, only for the tone to shift abruptly midway through the same paragraph into pointed criticism of its blandness.
From a Text Structure and Purpose question · Craft and Structure
Which choice best defines “column”?
B — Upright pillar. “column” means upright pillar.
Which word means “upright pillar”?
C — column. “column” means upright pillar.
column — upright pillar. In Chinese: 柱，栏.
column is pronounced /ˈkɒləm/.
The ancient temple's marble column still bore the carved inscriptions of its original builders after two millennia. (这座古庙的大理石柱在两千多年后仍保留着最初建造者刻下的铭文。)
pillar, post, shaft — all close in meaning to column (upright pillar).
Yes. column is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
column (line)