self-colonize

短语

词形变化

self-colonized self-colonizes 三单 self-colonizes self-colonizing self-colonizing 现在分词 self-colonized 过去式 self-colonized 过去分词

别名

self-colonise

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To regain power (by indigenous people) after having been under colonial rule by another country, typically with the adoption of some of the culture of the former colonizers.

  2. 2.

    To be introduced into an ecosystem through natural processes, as opposed to deliberate introduction by people.

词源

From self- + colonize.

来源：wiktionary