colony

[US]/ˈkɒləni/
[UK]/ˈkɑːləni/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.殖民地;移民队
Word Forms
复数colonies

Phrases & Collocations

a British colony

英国殖民地

a former colony

前殖民地

a settler colony

殖民地殖民者

bacterial colony

n. (细菌)菌落;细菌聚落

colony formation

群体形成;集落形成

crown colony

英国直辖殖民地

colony count

菌落计数;菌落数(测定法)

penal colony

(罪犯的)流放地

Example Sentences

a colony of seals.

海豹集群。

the American colony in Paris.

巴黎的美国人聚居区

the British colony in New York.

纽约的英国侨民。

the site of a hypothetical colony;

想象中的殖民地点;

a town that is the heart of the colony;

作为殖民地的中心的城镇;

If America were still a British colony,

如果美国现在还是英国的殖民地,

Britain’s oversea colonies

英国的海外殖民地

years in the colonies had left their imprint.

在殖民地的几年留给他们深刻的印象。

this colony was virtually self-subsistent, in management methods as in food.

这块殖民地实际上在管理方法上和在食物上一样具有独立性。

the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony;

在宗教性殖民地的生活中隐士的特征;

There lived a colony of bees on the tree.

树上生活着一群蜜蜂。

A colony of seals lay basking in the sun.

一群海豹躺着晒太阳。

All the bees in the colony are genetically related.

同一群体的蜜蜂都有亲缘关系。

woodlands that once harboured a colony of red deer.

曾是马鹿群栖息地的林区。

Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor ;Interleukin-5 ;differentiation ;

粒细胞巨噬细胞集落刺激因子 ;

They had thought that the new colony would be a paradise, but they were soon disillusioned.

他们原以为新殖民地是个天堂,但不久他们便从这幻想中觉醒了。

gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts.

群居动物从聚居地或栖息地成群结队地外出觅食。

I've lost three umbrellas this year. Britain lost its American colonies in a revolution.

今年我丢了三把伞。在革命中,英国丧失了它在北美的殖民地

Real-world Examples

They call the problem " colony collapse disorder."

他们将这一现象称之为“蜂群崩溃综合症”。

Source: VOA Special August 2015 Collection

The colonies are mostly young tree hoppers.

群体里面多数都是幼角蝉。

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

In China, she visited a leper colony.

在中国,她参观了一个麻风病人聚居地。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

And they set up colonies in greenland.

他们在格陵兰岛建立殖民地。

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

By 1981, there was only one colony of ferrets living in Wyoming.

到 1981 年,整个怀俄明州只剩下一个雪貂群。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For over 400 years it was a Portuguese colony.

这里在过去400多年里一直都是葡萄牙的殖民地。

Source: Listening Digest

This female pangolin is hunting an ant colony.

这只雌性穿山甲正在猎杀一个蚁群。

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

France has focused its aid on its former colonies.

法国把援助重点放在了它的前殖民地上。

Source: Economic Crash Course

The biggest swift colony in China.

中国最大的雨燕栖息地。

Source: Beautiful China

It was a British Colony until it gained independence in 1983.

它曾是英国的殖民地,直到1983年才获得独立。

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

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