colonize
/ˈkɒlənaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
1- (of a country or its citizens) send a group of settlers to (a place) and establish political control over it使成为殖民地; 使殖民地化; 开拓殖民地于（一地区）; 殖民于：
the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy.
希腊人在西西里和意大利南部开拓殖民地。
1.1
- come to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area)移民并殖民于：
as plural noun the colonized an organization seeking to protect the rights of the newly colonized.一个争取保护新开拓殖民地居民权利的组织。
1.2
- appropriate (a place or domain) for one's own use将（场所, 产业）据为己用。
1.3
- Ecology (of a plant or animal) establish itself in (an area)【生态】（植物, 动物）建群于, 定居于; 移地发育于。
派生词