colony
colony
(pl. -ies)
(pl. -ies)
- a country or area under the under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
殖民地
■a group of people living in such a country or area, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors
（由最初的殖民者及其后裔和继承者组成的）殖民团，移民队
■(the colonies)all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control
所有的原英国殖民地
■(the colonies)the thirteen areas on the east coast of North America that gained independence from Britain and founded the United States of America
脱离英国统治获得独立，并创建美利坚合众国北美洲东海岸的13个州 - a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign city or country
一群（住在外国城市或国家的）同国籍（或种族）侨民
the British colony in New York.
纽约的英国侨民。
■a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together
（有相同职业或兴趣的一群人的）聚居地，聚居区
a nudist colony.
裸体主义者聚居区。 - (Biology)a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure
(生)集群，群体
a colony of seals.
海豹集群。
■a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium
菌落
- late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire): from Latin colonia 'settlement, farm', from colonus 'settler, farmer', from colere 'cultivate'
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