Colony



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 菌群; 殖民地
• ［英］ 殖民地 ( area conquered by people from anothers country and controlled by that country)
• ［类］ bacterium : colony / citizen : nation ( 细菌组成菌落 / 公民组成国家)
• ［例］ a former British colony

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -nies)

• Etymology: Middle English colonie, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French, from Latin colonia, from colonus farmer, colonist, from colere to cultivate — more at wheel
• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. a body of people living in a new territory but retaining ties with the parent state
  • b. the territory inhabited by such a body
• 2. a distinguishable localized population within a species colony of termites
• 3.
  • a. a circumscribed mass of microorganisms usually growing in or on a solid medium
  • b. the aggregation of zooids of a compound animal
• 4.
  • a. a group of individuals or things with common characteristics or interests situated in close association n artist colony
  • b. the section occupied by such a group
• 5. a group of persons institutionalized away from others leper colony penal colony; also the land or buildings occupied by such a group

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