Columbia

英 [kə'lʌmbɪə] 美 [kə'lʌmbɪr]

Columbia: poetic name for United States of America, earlier for the British colonies there, 1730s, also the nation's female personification, from name of Christopher Columbus (also see Colombia) with Latin "country" ending -ia. A popular name for places and institutions in the U.S. in the post-Revolutionary years, when former tributes to king and crown were out of fashion: such as Columbia University (New York, U.S.) founded in 1754 as King's College; re-named 1784. Also District of Columbia (1791, as Territory of Columbia); "Hail, Columbia" (Joseph Hopkinson, 1798), Barlow's "Columbiad" (1809).

1. Columbia recently resigned the band for a cool $30 million.: 哥伦比亚唱片公司最近以3,000万美元的高价再次签下这个乐队。

2. Vicky and Gary attended the graduation exercises at Columbia.: 维基和加里参加了哥伦比亚大学的毕业典礼。

3. Columbia was a young city compared to venerable Charleston.: 与历史悠久的查尔斯顿相比，哥伦比亚是个年轻的城市。

4. Columbia Pictures paid him a six-figure sum for the film rights.: 哥伦比亚影业公司付给他一笔6位数的电影版权费。

5. This morning's launch of the space shuttle Columbia has been delayed.: 原定今早“哥伦比亚”号航天飞机的发射已被推迟.