| 单词 | colony |
| 释义 | colony /kol"euh nee/, n. , pl. colonies. 1. a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation. 2. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies. 3. any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power. 4. the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. 5. a number of people coming from the same country, or speaking the same language, residing in a foreign country or city, or a particular section of it; enclave: the Polish colony in Israel; the American colony in Paris. 6. any group of individuals having similar interests, occupations, etc., usually living in a particular locality; community: a colony of artists. 7. the district, quarter, or dwellings inhabited by any such number or group: The Greek island is now an artists' colony. 8. an aggregation of bacteria growing together as the descendants of a single cell. 9. Ecol. a group of organisms of the same kind living or growing in close association. [1350-1400; ME colonie ( < MF) < L colonia, equiv. to colon(us) COLONUS + -ia -Y3] Syn. 6. body, band. |
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