colony

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n. 殖民地, 移民队 [医] 菌(集)落, 菌丛; 移民区

发音

UK /ˈkɒl.ə.ni/
US /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/
US /ˈkɑ.lə.ni/
AU /ˈkɔl.ə.ni/
IN /ˈkɔlɵni/
IN /kɵˈloni/

词形变化

colonies 复数 colonies colonied colonies 三单 colonying 现在分词 colonied 过去式 colonied 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

殖民地；移民队；种群；动物栖息地

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.

    Much of the eastern United States was formerly a British colony; other areas were French, Spanish, Dutch, or Swedish colonies.

    Bermuda is a crown colony of Great Britain.

  2. 2.

    A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.

    a colony of British expats in Spain

    The Amana Colonies in Iowa were settled by people from Germany.

  3. 3.

    A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.

    a nudist colony; the statue was put up right in the middle of the artist colony

    a leper colony on the outskirts of town; most buildings in the penal colony were made of concrete

  4. 4.

    A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.

    集群

    菌落

    生物

    ant colony; coral colony

    a colony of specialized polyps and medusoids

    colonies of stem cells

  5. 5.

    A local group of Beaver Scouts.

  6. 6.

    A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.

  7. 7.

    An apartment complex or neighborhood.

    殖民地

    印度

    Our colony is quite small, but each apartment is large.

v.
  1. 1.

    To colonize.

    废旧 罕用 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

settlement dependency

上位词 3

place body property

下位词 4

plantation outpost crown colony zoarium

部分词 2

colonial caste

相关短语

colony collapse disorder 蜂群崩溃失调病 colony counter [建] 计群器 colony counters [医] 菌落计数器 Colony of Virginia Colony and Dominion of Virginia nudist colony Orange River Colony penal colony [法]流放地 crown colony n. 英国直辖殖民地 O'Neill colony Cape Colony 开普殖民地 leper colony 麻风村 Delft Colony freedom colony Mexican Colony

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Latin colōniader. Middle English colane English colony From Middle English colane, colonye, from Latin colōnia (“colony”), from colōnus (“farmer; colonist”), from colō (“till, cultivate, worship”), from earlier *quelō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to move; to turn (around)”). Doublet of Cologne, Colonia, and Köln.

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