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

• In 1861, they managed to place fourteen women in paid positions in the colonies
  他们在1861年设法把14名女性安排到殖民地有报酬的职位上。
• To form or establish a colony or colonies in. The immigrants founded a colony on the continent.
  那些移民在落脚的大陆上建立了一个殖民地。
• Canada and Australia used to be British colonies, now they are self-governing.
  加拿大和澳洲过去是英国的殖民地，现在已独立了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Representatives of the colonies met in an extraordinary congress.
  各殖民地代表在一次特别大会上会面。
• In 1776 the colonies signed a declaration of independence.
  各殖民地于1776年签发了独立宣言。
• 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。
• Then the British stole both the Spanish colonies and the Spanish novel.
  后来英国人不仅攫取了西班牙的殖民地，而且窃取了西班牙的小说。