[] () the amount of text or pictures that fits into 2.5 centimetres (one inch) of a column in a newspaper, magazine, etc., used especially to measure the length of advertisements栏英寸（计算收取广告费的报章专栏度量单位。每栏高度为 2.5 公分或 1 英寸）◆Our advertising rates are $12 per column inch.我们的广告费为每栏英寸 12 元。single column inch