| 单词 | colony |
| 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. |
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