Word · Frequency #3443
colony
移民群体；移民队
a group of people who settle in a new place while keeping their ties with their home country
这里指移民群体，不是指作为土地的殖民地。
- 1.
A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
一个国家远程控制的地理区域,尤其是为了提取资源或剥削劳动力。
- 2.
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government
远离家乡但与祖国保持联系的定居者群体；居民仍然是其祖国的国民,但不受祖国政府制度的直接管辖
- 3.
A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
一群定居在某地并与原籍国保持联系的人。
- 4.
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
生活或生长在一起的同种生物群体
- 5.
A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
具有相似兴趣、职业或特征的人群居住的特定区域；这些人占据的区域。
- 6.
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
组成美国原始州的13个英国殖民地之一
- 7.
A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
同种或不同种生物群体紧密生活在一起。
- 8.
A local group of Beaver Scouts.
海狸童子军的地方小组。
- 9.
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
等待总部正式认可的兄弟会或姐妹会的潜在新分会。
一个国家远程控制的地理区域,尤其是为了提取资源或剥削劳动力。；远离家乡但与祖国保持联系的定居者群体；居民仍然是其祖国的国民,但不受祖国政府制度的直接管辖；一群定居在某地并与原籍国保持联系的人。；生活或生长在一起的同种生物群体；具有相似兴趣、职业或特征的人群居住的特定区域；这些人占据的区域。
In use
In the 1800s, many Finnish families formed a colony in the cold north, keeping their old traditions alive.
The city's Italian colony organizes a large street festival every June.
They set up a small trading colony on the coast, but they never forgot their homeland.
the American colony in Paris
adj + colony
The island was once a British colony.
这个岛曾经是英国殖民地。
verb + a colony
They established a colony on the coast.
他们在海岸建立了一个殖民地。
Connections
Collocations
- establish a colony
- 建立殖民地
- The British established a colony in North America.英国人在北美建立了一个殖民地。
- found a colony
- 创建殖民地
- They founded a small colony on the island.他们在岛上创建了一个小殖民地。
- penal colony
- 流放地
- Australia was originally a penal colony for British convicts.澳大利亚最初是英国囚犯的流放地。
- colony of ants
- 蚁群
- A colony of ants lives under the sidewalk.人行道下住着一群蚂蚁。
- colony of bacteria
- 菌落
- The scientist observed a colony of bacteria on the petri dish.科学家在培养皿中观察到了一个菌落。
- artists' colony
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想'co'（共同）+ 'land'（土地）→ 共同开垦的土地 → 殖民地。
Context & Register
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Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhyme with 'colony' (pronounced /ˈkɑːləni/). They share the -ny ending but the stressed vowels differ (e.g., 'agony' has /æ/, 'balcony' /æ/, 'harmony' /ɑːr/, 'irony' /aɪ/, 'ceremony' /ɛ/, 'testimony' /ɛ/). Only 'harmony' has a similar vowel (/ɑː/) but with an r before the n, so they do not rhyme exactly.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.