colony

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

Translation

n.殖民地;移民隊
Word Forms
複數colonies

Phrases & Collocations

a British colony

英國殖民地

a former colony

前殖民地

a settler colony

殖民地殖民者

bacterial colony

n. (細菌)菌落;細菌聚落

colony formation

羣體形成;集落形成

crown colony

英國直轄殖民地

colony count

菌落計數;菌落數(測定法)

penal colony

(罪犯的)流放地

Example Sentences

a colony of seals.

海豹集羣。

the American colony in Paris.

巴黎的美國人聚居區

the British colony in New York.

紐約的英國僑民。

the site of a hypothetical colony;

想象中的殖民地點;

a town that is the heart of the colony;

作爲殖民地的中心的城鎮;

If America were still a British colony,

如果美國現在還是英國的殖民地,

Britain’s oversea colonies

英國的海外殖民地

years in the colonies had left their imprint.

在殖民地的幾年留給他們深刻的印象。

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

這塊殖民地實際上在管理方法上和在食物上一樣具有獨立性。

the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony;

在宗教性殖民地的生活中隱士的特徵;

There lived a colony of bees on the tree.

樹上生活着一羣蜜蜂。

A colony of seals lay basking in the sun.

一羣海豹躺着曬太陽。

All the bees in the colony are genetically related.

同一羣體的蜜蜂都有親緣關係。

woodlands that once harboured a colony of red deer.

曾是馬鹿羣棲息地的林區。

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

粒細胞巨噬細胞集落刺激因子 ;

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

他們原以爲新殖民地是個天堂,但不久他們便從這幻想中覺醒了。

gregarious species forage in flocks from colonies or roosts.

羣居動物從聚居地或棲息地成羣結隊地外出覓食。

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

今年我丟了三把傘。在革命中,英國喪失了它在北美的殖民地

Real-world Examples

They call the problem " colony collapse disorder."

他們將這一現象稱之爲“蜂羣崩潰綜合症”。

Source: VOA Special August 2015 Collection

The colonies are mostly young tree hoppers.

羣體裏面多數都是幼角蟬。

Source: Insect Kingdom Season 2 (Original Soundtrack Version)

In China, she visited a leper colony.

在中國,她參觀了一個麻風病人聚居地。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

And they set up colonies in greenland.

他們在格陵蘭島建立殖民地。

Source: Humanity: The Story of All of Us

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

到 1981 年,整個懷俄明州只剩下一個雪貂羣。

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

For over 400 years it was a Portuguese colony.

這裏在過去400多年裏一直都是葡萄牙的殖民地。

Source: Listening Digest

This female pangolin is hunting an ant colony.

這隻雌性穿山甲正在獵殺一個蟻羣。

Source: VOA Standard English_Africa

France has focused its aid on its former colonies.

法國把援助重點放在了它的前殖民地上。

Source: Economic Crash Course

The biggest swift colony in China.

中國最大的雨燕棲息地。

Source: Beautiful China

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

它曾是英國的殖民地,直到1983年才獲得獨立。

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2020 Collection

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