Colon

['koln] 美式发音

(noun.) the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted.

(noun.) a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter).

(noun.) a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal.

(noun.) the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos.

(noun.) the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos.

斐迪南整理

• They appear as anchored in the new concrete docks at Colon, preparatory to their passage through the canal, after having made the longest sea voyage then on record for submarines. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• To sail from Colon to Panama--forty-five miles as the bird flies--required a voyage around Cape Horn--some ten thousand miles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Municipal improvements were undertaken in Panama and Colon and the various settlements in the Canal Zone, such as the construction of reservoirs, pavements and a system of modern roads. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.

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