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

• 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。
• In 1698 the nobles and landowners of the kingdom of Scotland tried to elevate their country to a world trading nation by colonize ing the isthmus of Panama.
  1698年，苏格兰王国的贵族与大地主试图通过殖民统治巴拿马地峡把他们的国家提升为世界贸易强国。
• Anaerobic bacteria can selectively colonize and cause oncolysis in hypoxic and necrotic areas of solid tumors.
  厌氧菌能在肿瘤乏氧及坏死区选择性定植，引起溶瘤效应；
• The area was then colonized by scrub.
  后来这块地灌木丛生。
• The group is trying to demonstrate that it is possible to colonize the seabed without changing the ecosystem.
  这群潜水员试图证明，在不改变生态系统的前提下，人类在海底生活是可行的。
• Colonize constantly, using the money produced by your Planets to buy supplies for your Planets.
  不断地拓殖发展你的行星，用你的行星生产的钱，买供应品给你的行星。
• This suggests that the two groups might have crossed paths in Central Asia and then the modern humans continued on to colonize the islands of Oceania.
  这表明这两部分人曾经穿越中亚，然后现代人继续把大洋州的一些岛屿变为殖民地。
• 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。
• 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。