colony

复数：colonies

1. [C]殖民地 a country or area under the political control of a distant country
2. [C](侨民等)聚居区,聚居地; 聚居的同国籍侨民; 聚居的同类人 (the area settled by) a group of people from the same country or with the same interests, profession, etc.living together
3. [C](动植物的)群体,集群 a group of the same kind of animals or plants living or growing together

• develop a colony开发殖民地
• establish〔found〕 a colony建立殖民地

• Crown C-英国殖民地
• penal colony(罪犯的)流放地
• self-governing colony自治殖民地
• the Chinese colony in San Francisco旧金山的中国侨民

• bee colony蜂群
• summer colony避暑者聚集的地方

bacterial colony n. （细菌）菌落；细菌聚落

colony formation群体形成；集落形成

crown colony英国直辖殖民地

colony count菌落计数；菌落数（测定法）

penal colony（罪犯的）流放地

1. This country used to be a British colony in Asia.
   这个国家曾是英国在亚洲的殖民地。
2. Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa.
   英国授权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
3. That first winter in America was very hard for the new colony.
   对于新侨民来说,在美国的第一个冬天是非常难熬的。
4. They live in an artists' colony.
   他们住在艺术家聚居区。
5. It grows twice as fast as the second colony.
   它增长的速率是第二个群体的两倍。
6. Every specimen makes germiculture and bacterium colony computation.
   每份标本作细菌培养和菌落计数。
7. And if the colony were inside something as large as a pebble, UV protection would be sharply increased.
   如果菌落藏身于卵石般大小的东西内部，紫外线防护效果就会显著增加。