colony
Definitions
A territory that has been settled by and is controlled by a distant country
殖民地（被远方国家定居并控制的领土）
A group of people of one nationality or occupation living together in a place
聚居群体（同一国籍或职业的人聚居在一处）
A group of animals, plants, or microorganisms of one kind living or growing together
群落，菌落（同一种动物、植物或微生物聚居或聚生的群体）
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin colōnia, 'a settled, farmed place,' built on colōnus (farmer-settler) and colere (to till, inhabit). The starting image is a band of Romans sent out to settle and work new land. That gave the political sense (a land settled and ruled from afar) and, by the same picture of a population occupying one spot, the biological sense — an ant colony, a bacterial colony.
Root colon still carries 4 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.penal colony流放地
- 2.former colony前殖民地
- 3.ant colony蚁群
- 4.bacterial colony菌落
- 5.establish a colony建立殖民地
Example Sentences
- 1.
India was a British colony for nearly two hundred years.
- 2.
A small colony of artists lived in the seaside village.
- 3.
Ants in a single colony can number in the millions.
- 4.
The scientist grew a colony of bacteria in the dish.