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

• A3: I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.
  我认为我们的文明还是有很大的机会存活到我们可以殖民太阳系其它行星的。
• The bigger the hull the less turns it takes to colonize a planet.
  船体越大，拓殖一个星球的机会也就越少。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A couple million years ago, mammoths migrated north from Africa to colonize Eurasia.
  数百万年前，猛犸象从非洲出发，进军欧亚大陆。