colony

英 [ˈkɒləni]

美 [ˈkɑːləni]

n.  殖民地; 殖民地定居者群体; (来自同一地方，职业或兴趣相同的)聚居人群

复数：colonies　

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同义词辨析

communitycolonycommune【导航词义：社区，聚居区】

牛津词典

noun

• 殖民地
  a country or an area that is governed by people from another, more powerful, country
  1. former British colonies
     前英国殖民地
• 殖民地定居者群体
  a group of people who go to live permanently in a colony
• （来自同一地方，职业或兴趣相同的）聚居人群
  a group of people from the same place or with the same work or interests who live in a particular city or country or who live together
  1. the American colony in Paris
     聚居巴黎的美国侨民
  2. an artists' colony
     聚居的艺术家
• （雇主或机构设立的）职工城，职工居住区
  a small town set up by an employer or an organization for its workers
• （同地生长的植物或动物）群，群体，集落
  a group of plants or animals that live together or grow in the same place
  1. a colony of ants
     蚁群
  2. a bird colony
     鸟群

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 殖民地
  Acolonyis a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
  1. In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing...
     在北非的一些前法属殖民地国家，反法情绪日益增长。
  2. Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
     波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
• N-COUNT (某一类人的)聚居地，聚居区
  You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind ofcolony.
  1. In 1932, he established a school and artists' colony in Stone City, Iowa.
     1932年，他在艾奥瓦州的石头城创建了一所学校，那儿成了艺术家的聚居地。
  2. ...a penal colony.
     罪犯流放地
  3. ...industrial colonies.
     工业聚集区
• N-PLURAL (统称)英属殖民地
  The coloniesmeans all the countries that used to be British colonies.
  1. Many of our troops and officers were scattered around the world in the service of His Majesty in the colonies.
     我们的很多部队和军官分驻世界各地的英属殖民地，为英王效力。
• N-PLURAL (美国独立前的)北美十三州
  The coloniesmeans the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States.
  1. On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
     独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• N-COUNT (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体，集群，群落
  Acolony ofbirds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.
  1. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds...
     设得兰群岛以其众多的海鸟而闻名。
  2. The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
     毛毛虫总是成群进食。

英英释义

noun

• a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
• (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
• a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
  1. the American colony in Paris
  Synonym:settlement
• a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
  Synonym:dependency
• a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
  1. a nudist colony
  2. an artists' colony

双语例句

• Australia was originally a British colony.
  澳大利亚原来是英国的殖民地。
• China's status as a colony and semi-colony has given rise to a multitude of rural and urban unemployed.
  中国的殖民地和半殖民地的地位，造成了中国农村中和城市中的广大的失业人群。
• They had thought that the new colony would be a paradise, but they were soon disillusioned.
  他们原以为新殖民地是个天堂，但不久他们便从这幻想中觉醒了。
• In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing
  在北非的一些前法属殖民地国家，反法情绪日益增长。
• She's been the instrument to preserve this colony from disaster.
  她成了保护这块殖民地的工具了。
• Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease
  在这一群体里，这种疾病在不同的动物身上有着不同的表现。
• After you have visited the moon, you visit the Mars Colony and the Venus Exploration Outpost.
  访问完月球之后，你参观了火星移居区和金星开发前哨基地。
• In 1932, he established a school and artists 'colony in Stone City, Iowa.
  1932年，他在艾奥瓦州的石头城创建了一所学校，那儿成了艺术家的聚居地。
• Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
  波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
• On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
  独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。