colonize

英 [ˈkɒlənaɪz]

美 [ˈkɑːlənaɪz]

v.  在(某国家或地区)建立殖民地; 移民于(殖民地); 在(某一地区)聚居，大批生长

过去分词：colonized　过去式：colonized　现在分词：colonizing　第三人称单数：colonizes　

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牛津词典

verb

• 在（某国家或地区）建立殖民地；移民于（殖民地）
  to take control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and send people from your own country to live there
  1. The area was colonized by the Vikings.
     这一地区曾沦为维京人的殖民地。
• 在（某一地区）聚居，大批生长
  to live or grow in large numbers in a particular area
  1. The slopes are colonized by flowering plants.
     坡地上长满了开花植物。
  2. Bats had colonized the ruins.
     蝙蝠聚居在这片废墟上。

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 colonise


• VERB 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地
  If peoplecolonizea foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
  1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...
     英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
  2. Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...
     利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
  3. For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.
     我们经受过400多年的殖民统治。
• VERB (动物)移生于，大批繁殖于
  When large numbers of animalscolonizea place, they go to live there and make it their home.
  1. Toads are colonising the whole place.
     蟾蜍把这整个地方都占为己有。
• VERB (植物)大批生长于
  When an areais colonized bya type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.
  1. The area was then colonized by scrub.
     后来这块地灌木丛生。

英英释义

verb

• settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)
  1. The British colonized the East Coast
  Synonym:colonise
• settle as a colony
  1. Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century
  Synonym:colonise

双语例句

• Iraq will rebel against their evil intentions to colonize it and to wield influence in it.
  伊拉克将要反抗他们有害的意图去开拓殖民地和动员影响力。
• They find a similar pattern: when species colonize the deep sea, large-bodied species become smaller and small-bodied species become larger.
  他们发现了一个相似的模式：当海螺统治深海的时候，大型的海螺变得更小，而小型的海螺则变得更大。
• Probiotics contain live microorganisms, usually so-called good bacteria, that colonize the intestine.
  微生物制剂含有活的微生物，通常称为益生菌，寄生于肠道。
• Some even suggest that this technology may help humankind colonize Mars.
  有些科学家甚至认为这种技术或许还能帮助人类克隆火星。
• The area was then colonized by scrub.
  后来这块地灌木丛生。
• The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century
  英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
• Soon after Europeans began to colonize North America, greedy merchants brought African slaves to do the hard work.
  欧洲人开始到北美殖民不久，贪婪的商人把非洲奴隶带来做劳苦的工作。
• The presence and availability of water also affect the ability of microorganisms to colonize foods.
  水的存在和可利用率也影响微生物在食品中的繁殖能力。
• They are slow-growing but can colonize areas too inhospitable for other plants.
  地衣生长缓慢，可在其它植物不能生长的地方生存。
• If true, that would suggest that many global-warming migrants might run out of new sites to colonize& and face extinction.
  如果这一情况属实，那么说明了许多全球气候变暖移居者和可能会用尽新的居住地，导致濒临灭绝。