Colony
[ 'kɑləni ]
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n. 殖民地;聚居地;群体;聚居人群;
💡 词根助记
colon(till)+y(名词后缀)→殖民；殖民地；居留地
📝 例句
Before independence, each colony was governed separately by the British Crown.
每一殖民地在独立前都分别受英国政府统治。
This is the Chinese colony in New York.
这是纽约华侨的聚居区。
A colony of gulls inhabits the island.
一群海鸥栖息于这个岛上。
The former French colony has achieved self-government.
这个前法国殖民地已获得自治。
The colony failed within five years, and the buffaloes were turned loose.
五年后那些水牛因殖民者失败一轰而散。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“铐了你”:敢闯犹太人聚居区就铐了你
※ co-CoCo,lo-似数字“10”,ny-拼音“纽约”:CoCo占领了10个纽约那样的地方作为她的殖民地
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
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.
🎯 考研助记
靠了你(谐音)：靠了你们这些 殖民地,英国才成为当时的日不落帝国{靠！（骂人的话）了你}
🔁 扩展释义
*['kɒlәni]n. 殖民地, 移民队【医】 菌(集)落, 菌丛; 移民区
🏥 医学释义
菌（集）落，菌丛
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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Hello! Have you found your ruler yet?
你好！你找到你的尺子了吗？
That's right.
对。
I Know. That's a good idea! said Ann. But in England we still make tea in teapots.
“明白了。是个好主意！”安说，“但是在英国我们仍用茶壶泡茶。”