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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3443 COCA: 3673

colony

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col·o·ny /ˈkɒləni $ ˈkɑː-/ ●●○ noun (plural colonies) [countableC]  
1  COUNTRY/NATIONa country or area that is under the political control of a more powerful country, usually one that is far away 殖民地 → colonial, colonize
 Algeria was formerly a French colony.
阿尔及利亚以前是法国的殖民地。
→ crown colony
2. PGSHone of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States 〔美国独立前的〕北美十三州之一
3  GROUP OF PEOPLEa group of people who are similar in some way and who live together, or the place where they live 聚集人群；聚居地[区]
 an artists’ colony
艺术家聚居区
 a leper colony
麻风患者聚居地
4  GROUP OF PEOPLEa group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together 〔同一处生活或生长的动植物〕群，群体，群落
 a seal colony
海豹群落
 breeding colonies of rare birds
珍稀鸟类繁殖群体
Examples from the Corpus
colony• Others, like sponges, consisted of a colony of cells with a porous skeleton.• The United States was once a colony of Great Britain.• an ant colony• an artists' colony on the East Coast• Fighting is continuing in the former Belgian colony.• In 1980, the former British colony of Rhodesia gained independence as the Republic of Zimbabwe.• Bishop had known what was happening: the Guild of Adjudicators was famed and feared in equal measure amongst the Earth colonies.• Today Pine Gap looks like an advance moon colony in the Sea of Tranquillity.• By the mid 1960s most colonies had won their independence and by the mid 1970s the world was virtually free of colonies.• a nudist colony• He could throw his lot in with the Lord General, and perhaps become a governor of one of the colony worlds.• Many people who came to the colonies were escaping religious persecution.• In Mary Barton the working-class heroine and her husband go off to the colonies to start a new life.• When the colony was discovered eighteen years later, ten of the women had survived and only one of the men.
Origin colony
(1300-1400) Old French colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus “farmer, someone who develops a new place”, from colere “to prepare land for crops”
col·o·ny noun
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3443 COCA: 3673
colony

noun¹

 1country ruled by another country殖民地ADJECTIVE | VERB + COLONY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤overseas海外殖民地◇Britain's overseas colonies英國的海外殖民地➤American, British, French, etc.美國、英國、法國等的殖民地➤former前殖民地◇the former Portuguese colony of Macao前葡萄牙殖民地澳門➤independent, self-governing獨立的／自治殖民地▸➤penal, plantation流放地；種植園殖民地VERB + COLONY➤establish建立殖民地◇Settlers established a new colony in the early 18th century.移民在 18 世紀早期建立了一個新的殖民地。PREPOSITION➤in a/the colony在殖民地
colony

noun²

 2group of animals/plants生物群體ADJECTIVE | VERB + COLONY | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤huge, large, thriving大群體；繁榮的群體▸➤small小群體▸➤breeding, nesting繁殖／巢居群體▸➤ant, bird, seal, etc.蟻群、鳥群、海豹群等VERB + COLONY➤form形成群體◇Some of the insects will leave to form a new colony.其中一些昆蟲會離群去組成一個新的群體。PREPOSITION➤in a/the colony以群體的方式◇The birds nest in huge colonies.這些鳥大群大群地巢居。➤colony of一群⋯◇a colony of ants一群螞蟻
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3443 COCA: 3673
colony noun
⇨ territory
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 3443 COCA: 3673
colony
General words for countries: nation, republic, democracy...
Regions of the world: Africa, America, the Americas...
Groups of people who live together or in the same place: colony, commune, community...
Groups of specific living things: brace, colony, community...
Areas in towns or cities: agora, area, armpit...

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