in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 colonise
1 VERB 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地 If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地
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The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. [VERB noun]
英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
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Liberia was never colonised by the European powers. [VERB noun]
利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
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For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people. [VERB-ed]
我们经受过400多年的殖民统治。
SYN settle, populate, put down roots in, people
2 VERB (动物)移生于,大批繁殖于 When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. (动物)移生于,大批繁殖于
3 VERB [usually passive] (植物)大批生长于 When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. (植物)大批生长于
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