| 单词 | colonize |
| 释义 | colonize (kɒlənaɪz ) Word forms: colonizes , colonizing , colonized regional note: in BRIT, also use colonise 1. verb If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. [VERB noun] Liberia was never colonised by the European powers. [VERB noun] For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: settle, populate, put down roots in, people colonizerWord forms: colonizers countable noun [usually plural] To the former Belgian colonizers, Rwanda was a paradise. colonization (kɒlənaɪzeɪʃən ) uncountable noun [usually with supplement] ...the European colonization of America. 2. verb When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. Toads are colonising the whole place. [VERB noun] 3. verb [usually passive] When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. The area was then colonized by scrub. [be VERB-ed + by] Translations: Chinese: 把…变为殖民地 Japanese: 植民地にする |
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