colonize
colonize 英 [ˈkɒlənaɪz] 美 [ˈkɑlənaɪz]
vt. 殖民
进行时:colonizing 过去式:colonized 过去分词:colonized 第三人称单数:colonizes 名词复数:colonizes
- To colonize is to settle in, and take control of, land outside your own borders. Usually, a large, powerful country colonizes a territory or area that's much less powerful.
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- vt. 殖民
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1. The area was colonized by the Vikings.
这一地区曾沦为维京人的殖民地。
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2. The slopes are colonized by flowering plants.
坡地上长满了开花植物。
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3. Bats had colonized the ruins.
蝙蝠聚居在这片废墟上。
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4. the colonization of the ‘New World’
“新大陆”的殖民
- colonize (v.) 1620s, "to settle with colonists, plant or establish a colony in," from stem of Latin colonus "tiller of the soil, farmer" (see colony). From 1630s as "to migrate to and settle in." It is attested by 1790s in the sense of "to make another place into a national dependency" without regard for settlement there (such as in reference to French activity in Egypt or the British in India), and in this sense it is probably directly from colony.
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