Colony
[ 'kɑləni ]
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n. 殖民地;聚居地;群体;聚居人群;
💡 词根助记
colon(till)+y(名词后缀)→殖民；殖民地；居留地
📝 例句
Before independence, each colony was governed separately by the British Crown.
每一殖民地在独立前都分别受英国政府统治。
This is the Chinese colony in New York.
这是纽约华侨的聚居区。
A colony of gulls inhabits the island.
一群海鸥栖息于这个岛上。
The former French colony has achieved self-government.
这个前法国殖民地已获得自治。
The colony failed within five years, and the buffaloes were turned loose.
五年后那些水牛因殖民者失败一轰而散。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“铐了你”:敢闯犹太人聚居区就铐了你
※ co-CoCo,lo-似数字“10”,ny-拼音“纽约”:CoCo占领了10个纽约那样的地方作为她的殖民地
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
colony
n
1
(a) [C] country or area settled or conquered by people from another country and controlled by that country 殖民地
a former British colony, eg Australia 前英国殖民地（如澳大利亚）. Cf 参看 protectorate 1.
(b) [CGp] group of people who settle in a colony 移居到殖民地的人群.
2 [CGp]
(a) group of people from a foreign country living in a particular city or country 移民群体; 侨民群体
the American colony in Paris 巴黎的美国人区.
(b) group of people with the same occupation, interest, etc living together in the same place 住在同一地方有相同职业、 兴趣等的人群
an artists' colony 聚居的艺术家
a nudist colony 裸体者群.
3 [CGp] (biology 生) group of animals or plants living or growing in the same place （生活或生长在同一地方的动物或植物的）群, 集群, 群体
a colony of ants 蚁群 * a seal colony 海豹群.
🎯 考研助记
靠了你(谐音)：靠了你们这些 殖民地,英国才成为当时的日不落帝国{靠！（骂人的话）了你}
🔁 扩展释义
*['kɒlәni]n. 殖民地, 移民队【医】 菌(集)落, 菌丛; 移民区
🏥 医学释义
菌（集）落，菌丛
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Excuse me. I've lost my cat. Have you seen it anywhere?
打扰了。我的猫丢了，你在哪见过吗？
You see, we've been in China for over two years now, so we are travelling back to England soon for a holiday.
您知道，我们到中国已有两年多时间了，所以不久后我们就要回英国度假了。
What will be the population of these countries by the end of the twentieth century?
到20世界末较发达国家的人口将是多少？