- 基礎釋義
- 例句
- 柯林斯詞典釋義
- 英漢詞典釋義
- 英英詞典釋義
colonize
英[?k?l?na?z]
美[?kɑl?na?z]
例句
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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VERB
在…開拓殖民地;將…建成殖民地
If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
例句
The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...
英國最早嘗試在愛爾蘭開拓殖民地是在12世紀。
Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...
利比里亞從未淪落為歐洲強國的殖民地。
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VERB
(動物)移生于，大批繁殖于
When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home.
例句
Toads are colonising the whole place.
蟾蜍把這整個地方都占為己有。
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VERB
(植物)大批生長于
When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.
例句
The area was then colonized by scrub.
后來這塊地灌木叢生。
英漢詞典釋義
vt.
開拓殖民地, 移民于殖民地
The British and French colonized the Americas.
英國人和法國人共同在美洲建立殖民地。
英英詞典釋義