colony 详细解释
colony
['kɔləni]
n.殖民地, 侨居地,侨民, 聚居(地), 群体, 菌落
n.[C]
1. 殖民地
India was once a British colony.
印度曾是英国的殖民地。
2. 侨民; 侨居地; 聚居地
This is the Chinese colony in New York.
这是纽约华侨的聚居区。
3. (人种, 宗教或职业相同的)聚居人群[G]
4. 移民队, 殖民团[G]
5. 【生】集群; 群体; 菌落[G]
A colony of gulls inhabits the island.
一群海鸥栖息于这个岛上。
词形变化
名词复数: colonies |
词义辨析
同义:
n.殖民地; 聚居地
同义参见:
英英释义
名词 colony:
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
同义词：settlement
a group of animals of the same type living together
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
同义词：dependency
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
补充
colonycolony英:[ˈkɔləni] 美:[ˈkɑləni]n.1.殖民地They amassed huge wealth by plundering the colonies.他们通过掠夺殖民地聚敛了大笔的财富。2.(侨民等)聚居区, 聚居地; 聚居的同国籍侨民; 聚居的同类人They live in an artists' colony.他们住在艺术家聚居区。3.(动植物的)群体, 集群There lived a colony of bees on the tree.树上生活着一群蜜蜂。例句
1. In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.在北非前法属殖民地地区, 反法情绪在高涨。 2. Many of our troops and officers were scattered around the world in the service of His Majesty in the colonies.我们的许多战士及军官遍布世界各地, 在殖民地为英王效力。 3. In 1932, he established a school and artists' colony in Stone City, Iowa.1932年, 他在爱荷华州的斯通城建立了一座教师与艺术家社区。 4. a colony of termites一个白蚁群 5. The caterpillars feed in large colonies.毛虫大规模群聚进食。 6. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds.设得兰群岛以海鸟群闻名。 7. The food requires larger bacterial colonies to help break it down.这种食物需要更大的细菌菌落协助分解。 8. the British colony in New York.纽约的英国侨民。 9. a nudist colony.裸体主义者聚居区。 10. a colony of seals.海豹集群。 11. a colony of ants一个蚂蚁群 12. Massachusetts was one of the original 13 British colonies that later became the United States.马萨诸塞州是最初英国13个殖民地之一，这些殖民地后来成为了美利坚合众国。 13. a former French colony in Africa非洲前法属殖民地 14. a colony of settlers一群殖民地定居者 15. an ant colony蚁群 16. a colony of bacteria菌群 17. an artist colony聚居在一起的艺术家 18. a leper colony聚居在一起的麻风病患者；