penal colony

短语

[法]流放地

词形变化

penal colonies 复数 penal colonies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A colonial territory used (mainly) for the detention and forced labor of deportees, typically where free labor is desperately scarce.

    流放地

    Australia was used as a penal colony by the United Kingdom in the 18th to 19th century.