colony
UK/'kɒlәni/US
IELTSTOEFLGRE四级六级考研B1
释义
n.
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)
n.
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)
n.
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)
词根拆分
词根派生源自拉丁语 colōnia,"被定居、被耕作的地方",建立在 colōnus(农夫定居者)和 colere(耕作、居住)之上。最初画面是一批罗马人被派出去定居、垦荒新土地。由此有了政治义(被远方定居并统治的领土),又因"一群占据一处"这同一幅画面,引出生物义——蚁群、菌落。
词根 colon 还连着 4 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
India was a British colony for nearly two hundred years.
印度做了将近两百年的英国殖民地。
- 2.
A small colony of artists lived in the seaside village.
一小群艺术家聚居在那个海边村庄里。
- 3.
Ants in a single colony can number in the millions.
一个蚁群里的蚂蚁数量可达数百万。
- 4.
The scientist grew a colony of bacteria in the dish.
科学家在培养皿里培养了一个菌落。