新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

colonize

英  [ˈkɒlənaɪz]
    

[VERB]

又拼作 colonise  
    VERB. 动词
  • colonizes , colonizing , colonized

    1[T 及物动词] 把…变为殖民地

    If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.

    双语例句

    例:

    The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

    英国第一次企图把爱尔兰变成殖民地是在12世纪。

    例:

    Liberia was never colonized by the European powers.

    利比里亚从未沦为欧洲列强的殖民地。

    2[T 及物动词] (动物)移居于

    When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home.

    双语例句

    例:

    Toads are colonizing the whole place.

    蟾蜍正移居到这整个地区。

    3[T 及物动词] (植物)在…大量繁殖

    When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.

    双语例句

    例:

    The area was then colonized by scrub.

    那时该地区被大量低矮灌木所覆盖。

    例:

    If the bats colonize a new cave, it soon becomes infested with ticks.

    当蝙蝠在一个新的洞穴大量繁殖后,这个洞穴即会充满扁虱。

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