| [/ˈkɔlənɪ; ˋkɑlənɪ/] n 用法:
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. 用法:
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. 用法:
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. |