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colony

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colony
英
/ˈkɒləni/

美
/ˈkɑːləni/

n.
殖民地;群，群体，集落;职工城，职工居住区;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
记忆技巧：col- 耕种 + -ony 复合名词后缀
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牛津词典
noun
【不规则形式】 pl. -ies
1
[C] 殖民地
a country or an area that is governed by people from another, more powerful, country

former British colonies

前英国殖民地

2
[sing. + sing./pl. v.] 殖民地定居者群体
a group of people who go to live permanently in a colony

3
[C + sing./pl. v.] （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

the American colony in Paris

聚居巴黎的美国侨民

an artists' colony

聚居的艺术家

4
[C] (IndE) （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

5
[C + sing./pl. v.] (biology 生) （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

a colony of ants

蚁群

a bird colony

鸟群

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柯林斯词典
colony
频次
1
N-COUNT 殖民地
A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
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
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 of colony .
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。

3
N-PLURAL (统称)英属殖民地
The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies.
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。

4
N-PLURAL (美国独立前的)北美十三州
The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States.
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。

5
N-COUNT (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体，集群，群落
A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.
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。

英英释义
noun

1
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
2
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell
3
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland
the American colony in Paris
Synonym:
settlement
4
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
Synonym:
dependency
5
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
a nudist colony
an artists' colony
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