1 N-COUNT 殖民地 A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. 殖民地
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In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing.
在北非的一些前法属殖民地国家,反法情绪日益增长。
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Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
波多黎各尽管自称共和国,但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
2 N-COUNT (某一类人的)聚居地,聚居区 You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony . (某一类人的)聚居地,聚居区
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In 1932, he established a school and artists' colony in Stone City, Iowa.
1932年,他在艾奥瓦州的石头城创建了一所学校,那儿成了艺术家的聚居地。
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...a penal colony.
罪犯流放地
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...industrial colonies.
工业聚集区
3 N-PLURAL [the NOUN] (统称)英属殖民地 The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies. (统称)英属殖民地 [British, old-fashioned]
4 N-PLURAL (美国独立前的)北美十三州 The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States. (美国独立前的)北美十三州 [US]
5 N-COUNT (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体,集群,群落 A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体,集群,群落
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