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单词 colony
释义
colony
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒl.ə.ni/us
/ˈkɑː.lə.ni/

colonynoun[C](GROUP)

acountryorareacontrolledpoliticallyby a morepowerfulcountrythat is oftenfaraway:
殖民地
Australiaand New Zealand areformerBritish colonies.澳大利亚和新西兰从前是英国的殖民地。
agroupofpeoplewholivein a colony
殖民地定居者群体
agroupofpeoplewith asharedinterestorjobwholivetogether in a way that isseparatefrom otherpeople:
（具有共同爱好或工作的）聚居人群，群体
anartists' colony聚居在一起的艺术家
anudistcolony群居的裸体主义者
biologyspecialized
agroupofanimals,insects, orplantsof the sametypethatlivetogether:
（动物、昆虫或植物的）群，群落；生物群
a colony ofants/termites/bacteria蚁群／白蚁群／菌落
More examples
  • Manybehaviouralpatternshave beenidentifiedin thechimpcolony.
  • Indiawas a British colony.
  • Australiaand New Zealand areformerBritish colonies.
  • Europesawitscolonies as asourceofrawmaterialand amalleableworkforce.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Colonization & self-government
  • acknowledgement of country
  • annex
  • annexation
  • anti-colonial
  • anti-colonialism
  • colonize
  • commonwealth
  • condominium
  • crown colony
  • decolonization
  • independence
  • Independence Day
  • intercolonial
  • land acknowledgment
  • Nat
  • recolonization
  • recolonize
  • secede
  • secession
  • self-determination
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:

Groups of people
Animal groupings

colonynoun[C](HOUSES)

Indian English
anareasurroundedbyfencesorwallsthatcontainsagroupofhouses, forexamplehousesthat have beenbuiltby anemployerforitsworkers
（有篱笆或围墙环绕的）住宅区
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Houses & homes
  • A-frame
  • ADU
  • almshouse
  • apartment
  • apartment building
  • dorm
  • dormitory
  • dosshouse
  • duplex
  • efficiency apartment
  • Nissen hut
  • non-housing
  • old people's home
  • palace
  • palazzo
  • tollhouse
  • tower block
  • town house
  • townhouse
  • tract house
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(Definition ofcolonyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

colony| American Dictionary

colony
noun[C]
us
/ˈkɑl·ə·ni/
politics & government
acountryorareacontrolledpoliticallyby a morepowerfulcountry
A colony is also agroupofpeoplewith asharedinterestorjobwholivetogether:
anartists’ colony
A colony is also agroupofanimals,insects, orplantsof the sametypethatlivetogether:
anantcolony

colonize

verb[T]us
/ˈkɑl·əˌnɑɪz/
Peru wascolonizedby theSpanishin the 16thcentury.
(Definition ofcolonyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcolony

colony
A minimum of 200 colonies were analyzed for each plasmid tested at each temperature.
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The broken nature of the colonies implies transportation.
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In open country, trees becomes sites for breeding colonies which may also facilitate synchronization of breeding.
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In open savannah, gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts from which the daily dispersal occurs.
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The fingerprints of all six enzymes were used for the search of the database from the 74.000 colonies.
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The number of abnormal sized transcripts is not exhaustive as only 150 colonies per fragment were analysed (750 colonies in total).
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Presumably the bulk of the colonies reported previously as "recombinants" were actually diploids (or disomics) exhibiting intergenic complementation.
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The landed rich became economically active, especially in the eighteenth century, through the rise of commercialised farming, banking, and trade with the colonies.
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Therefore, in this article we will rely on the reader's geometrical perception in comparing the geometrical patterns generated by the bacterial colonies.
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The colors in the observed colonies are added according to the bacterial density.
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Here the workers of the settlement colonies appear to have enjoyed the best of both contractual worlds.
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Furthermore, the general improvement in levels of imperial trade masked important regional variations between overseas territories and within individual colonies.
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There was no specific number of colonies defined as too high to be counted.
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When f10 c. f. u. of a pathogen were identified, individual colonies were counted.
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The number of suspected colonies was counted and if there were too many, this number was estimated.
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Collocationswithcolony

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These are words often used in combination withcolony.

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agricultural colony
The later was a man of vision and wanted to make the island into anagriculturalcolony.
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bacterial colony
Disinfection of natural mineral water is completely prohibited, including the addition of any element that is likely to changebacterialcolonycounts.
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breeding colony
We have established both abreedingcolonyof the voles and cultures of the nematode to test hypotheses concerning immunomodulation as a survival strategy in this host-parasite combination.
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