colonized

英 [ˈkɒlənaɪzd]

美 [ˈkɑːlənaɪzd]

v. 在(某国家或地区)建立殖民地; 移民于(殖民地); 在(某一地区)聚居，大批生长
colonize的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：colonized　

BNC.43484 / COCA.21096

柯林斯词典

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 colonise

VERB 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地
If peoplecolonizea foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
1. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...
  英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
2. Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...
  利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。
3. For more than 400 years, we were a colonized people.
  我们经受过400多年的殖民统治。
VERB (动物)移生于，大批繁殖于
When large numbers of animalscolonizea place, they go to live there and make it their home.
1. Toads are colonising the whole place.
  蟾蜍把这整个地方都占为己有。
VERB (植物)大批生长于
When an areais colonized bya type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.
1. The area was then colonized by scrub.
  后来这块地灌木丛生。

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