新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

colonizeIELTS重点词汇

英 [ˈkɒlənaɪz]

[VERB]

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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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