音标:['kɒlәni] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 殖民地, 移民队
[医] 菌(集)落, 菌丛; 移民区
n. 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
n. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
n. one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
n. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated
词型变化:名词复数形式 : colonies
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colony的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. This country used to be a British colony in Asia.这个国家曾是英国在亚洲的殖民地。
  2. Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa.英国授权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
  3. That first winter in America was very hard for the new colony.对于新侨民来说,在美国的第一个冬天是非常难熬的。
  4. They live in an artists' colony.他们住在艺术家聚居区。
  5. It grows twice as fast as the second colony.它增长的速率是第二个群体的两倍。
  6. Every specimen makes germiculture and bacterium colony computation.每份标本作细菌培养和菌落计数。
  7. And if the colony were inside something as large as a pebble, UV protection would be sharply increased.如果菌落藏身于卵石般大小的东西内部,紫外线防护效果就会显著增加。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. 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. They live in an artists' colony.他们住在艺术家聚居区。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • develop a colony开发殖民地
  • establish〔found〕 a colony建立殖民地
形容词+~
  • Crown C-英国殖民地
  • penal colony(罪犯的)流放地
  • self-governing colony自治殖民地
  • the Chinese colony in San Francisco旧金山的中国侨民
名词+~
  • bee colony蜂群
  • summer colony避暑者聚集的地方

经典引文

  • Colonies sent from England, to plant Virginia.

    出自:Hobbes
  • A ship stored for a voyage to the colonies.

    出自:S. Johnson
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