c. 1300, from Old French columbine "columbine," or directly from Medieval Latin columbina, from Late Latin columbina "verbena," fem. of Latin columbinus, literally "dove-like," from columba "dove." The inverted flower supposedly resembles a cluster of five doves. Also a fem. proper name; in Italian comedy, the name of the mistress of Harlequin.
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1. This was after the Columbine High School shootings in Colorado.
写文章的时间就处在卡罗拉多高校枪击案之后.
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2. Moore won an Academy Award for 2002's anti - gun documentary " Bowling for Columbine. "
