colonies

英 [ˈkɒləniz]

美 [ˈkɑləniz]

n.  殖民地; 殖民地定居者群体; (来自同一地方，职业或兴趣相同的)聚居人群
colony的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 殖民地
  Acolonyis a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.
  1. In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing...
     在北非的一些前法属殖民地国家，反法情绪日益增长。
  2. Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
     波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。
• N-COUNT (某一类人的)聚居地，聚居区
  You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind ofcolony.
  1. In 1932, he established a school and artists' colony in Stone City, Iowa.
     1932年，他在艾奥瓦州的石头城创建了一所学校，那儿成了艺术家的聚居地。
  2. ...a penal colony.
     罪犯流放地
  3. ...industrial colonies.
     工业聚集区
• N-PLURAL (统称)英属殖民地
  The coloniesmeans all the countries that used to be British colonies.
  1. Many of our troops and officers were scattered around the world in the service of His Majesty in the colonies.
     我们的很多部队和军官分驻世界各地的英属殖民地，为英王效力。
• N-PLURAL (美国独立前的)北美十三州
  The coloniesmeans the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States.
  1. On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
     独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• N-COUNT (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体，集群，群落
  Acolony ofbirds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.
  1. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds...
     设得兰群岛以其众多的海鸟而闻名。
  2. The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
     毛毛虫总是成群进食。

双语例句

• By 1838, the abolitionists had shamed parliament into ending slavery in British colonies
  到1838年，废奴主义者迫使议会出于道德压力而废除了英国殖民地的奴隶制。
• The colonies were claiming a larger measure of self-government.
  殖民地正要求获得更大程度上的自治。
• In the second, America acquired colonies and protectorates around the Pacific and the Caribbean.
  第二阶段，美国获得了沿太平洋和加勒比海沿岸的殖民地和保护领地。
• The governing bodies of the American colonies raised questions about land distribution and use soon after winning independence.
  北美殖民地政府在赢得独立之后不久就提出了土地的分配和使用问题。
• On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
  独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。
• The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
  毛毛虫总是成群进食。
• Long before 1776 the people of the thirteen colonies likewise had become a mixture of national and racial strains.
  早在1776年以前，十三个殖民地的人民同样已经成了国家和种族血统的混合体。
• Middle of the 18th century, the British colonies in the Americas and the United Kingdom have a rift.
  18世纪中叶，英国在美洲的殖民地与英国之间已有了裂痕。
• A flexible approach, in later years, persuaded other colonies to join.
  在以后的岁月里，他们以灵活的方式说服了其他殖民地加入了这个国家。
• During those years, France, Holland, Spain, and their possessions all actively traded with the colonies.
  这几年中，法国、荷兰、西班牙及它们的附属地都与北美殖民地有较活跃的商贸往来。