a colony of + plural noun
用于描述同种生物(如蚂蚁、蜜蜂)聚集生活的一大群,of 后接复数名词。
A colony of ants built a nest under the stone.
一群蚂蚁在石头下筑了巢。
殖民地
生物群体;移民群体;侨民群体;聚居区;聚居群体;北美十三殖民地;海狸童子军小组
A territory controlled by a distant country, especially for its resources or labor.
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。
A geographical area under the remote control of a country; especially to extract resources or exploit labor from that area.
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
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
一群定居在某地并与原籍国保持联系的人。
A group of people who settle an area and maintain ties to their country of origin.
生活或生长在一起的同种生物群体
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
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。
A group of people with similar interests, occupations, or characteristics, living in a particular area; the area such people occupy.
组成美国原始州的13个英国殖民地之一
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
同种或不同种生物群体紧密生活在一起。
A group of organisms of same or different species living together in close association.
海狸童子军的地方小组。
A local group of Beaver Scouts.
等待总部正式认可的兄弟会或姐妹会的潜在新分会。
A potential new chapter of a fraternity or sorority awaiting official recognition from their headquarters.
The island was once a colony of a distant empire.
这座岛屿曾经是一个遥远帝国的殖民地。
用法提示:colony 作名词,表示受远方帝国控制的殖民地。
AI contextual example
People in the colony were required to follow laws made far away.
殖民地的人们必须遵守远方制定的法律。
用法提示:colony 作名词,指受外部政权管辖的殖民地。
AI contextual example
After years of struggle, the colony became an independent nation.
经过多年斗争,这块殖民地成为了一个独立的国家。
用法提示:colony 作名词,表示后来获得独立的殖民地领土。
AI contextual example
用于描述同种生物(如蚂蚁、蜜蜂)聚集生活的一大群,of 后接复数名词。
A colony of ants built a nest under the stone.
一群蚂蚁在石头下筑了巢。
指历史上由远方国家控制、of 后接地名的特定殖民地,通常与 the 连用。
The colony of Virginia was founded in 1607.
弗吉尼亚殖民地建立于1607年。
表示“建立殖民地”,常用动词 found 或 establish,后接 in/on + 地点。
The settlers founded a colony on the island.
定居者在该岛上建立了殖民地。
指人类定居点,但不强调与母国的政治联系
强调偏远和军事、贸易据点,范围比colony窄
强调政治从属关系,现代用法较少
用于生物或物体聚集,可替代colony的生物学义项
更正式,强调聚集过程或状态
grammar · medium
易错句子Britain set up colony in North America in the 17th century.
正确表达Britain set up a colony in North America in the 17th century.
colony 是可数名词,单数形式在句中泛指“一个殖民地”时必须带限定词,这里要用不定冠词 a。汉语名词前没有冠词,所以中国学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子The British founded many colonys along the east coast of America.
正确表达The British founded many colonies along the east coast of America.
以“辅音字母 + y”结尾的名词变复数时,要先把 y 变成 i,再加 -es,所以 colony 的复数是 colonies,不能直接加 -s 写成 colonys。
grammar · medium
易错句子Kenya was once a colonial of Britain.
正确表达Kenya was once a colony of Britain.
表示“一块殖民地”要用名词 colony;colonial 是形容词“殖民地的”,作名词时指“殖民地居民”,不能用来指被控制的那片地区,属于词性/词义混淆。
殖民地(colony)的反义词,指殖民国家的本土。
colony 指受母国控制的地区或移居群体;colonist 指生活在殖民地的个人。
colony 是名词,指殖民地或聚居地;colonial 是形容词,修饰与殖民地相关的事物,不能单独指代殖民地。
colony 指殖民地(地点或群体);colonization 指建立殖民地的行为或过程,强调动作。
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。
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。
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。
蚁群
A colony of ants lives under the sidewalk.
人行道下住着一群蚂蚁。
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。
adj. (colon(y) + -ial)
n. (colon(y) + -ist)
v. (colon(y) + -ize)
n. (colon(y) + -ization)
n. (colonial + -ism)
n./adj. (colonial + -ist)
root
suffix
一声求救,一丝痛苦,一个名字的低语,一个殖民地。
In the song 'Colony' by Joy Division, the word 'colony' appears as a metaphor.
在Joy Division的歌曲《Colony》中,'colony'一词作为隐喻出现。
蚂蚁群体是一个超级有机体。
In the movie 'Ant-Man', Hank Pym describes ants as a colony.
在电影《蚁人》中,汉克·皮姆描述蚂蚁为一个群体。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.
艺术家聚居地
The small town became an artists' colony in the 20th century.
这个小镇在20世纪成为了艺术家聚居地。