colonize
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UK colonize [sth], also UK: colonise [sth] vtr: (migrants: settle in)
SC 在…殖民 zài … zhí mín
SC 在…开拓殖民地 zài … zhí mín，zài … kāi tuò zhí mín dì
Early explorers colonized the coastal regions.
colonize [sb], also UK: colonise [sb] vtr: (rule over indigenous people)
SC 对…进行殖民
The Romans invaded and colonized the Gauls.
colonize [sth], also UK: colonise [sth] vtr: (animals: form a colony in) (动植物)
SC 在…移地发育
The family of meerkats colonized the prairie.
colonize, also UK: colonise vi: (form a colony) (细菌等)
SC 形成菌落，寄生发育，移地发育
The bacteria surprised scientists by colonizing.