| 单词 | colony |
| 释义 | colonycolony /ˈkɑləni/ ●●○ noun (plural colonies) [countable] 1social studies, politics a country or area that is ruled by a more powerful country, usually one that is far away: Algeria was formerly a French colony. → see also dominion (3), protectorate2social studies, history one of the 13 areas of land on the east coast of North America that later became the United States: Many people who came to the colonies were escaping religious persecution.3a group of a particular type of people or the place where they live: an artists’ colony a nudist colony4science, biology a group of animals or plants of the same type that are living or growing together: an ant colony5a group of people or their descendants who have left their home country to live in a colony [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French colonie, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, someone who develops a new place] |
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