| 单词 | colony |
| 释义 | Word Frequency colony(ˈkɒlənɪ) nounWord forms: plural -nies 1. a body of people who settle in a country distant from their homeland but maintain ties with it 2. the community formed by such settlers 3. a subject territory occupied by a settlement from the ruling state 4. a. a community of people who form a national, racial, or cultural minority an artists' colony the American colony in London b. the area itself 5. zoology a. a group of the same type of animal or plant living or growing together, esp in large numbers b. an interconnected group of polyps of a colonial organism 6. bacteriology a group of bacteria, fungi, etc, derived from one or a few spores, esp when grown on a culture medium Word origin C16: from Latin colōnia, from colere to cultivate, inhabit |
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