colonize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++col·o·nize (also colonise British English) /ˈkɒlənaɪz $ ˈkɑː-/ verb [transitive] 1. PGto establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle 开拓〔某地〕成殖民地 → colony2 if animals or plants colonize an area, large numbers of them start to live there 〔动植物在某地〕聚居；大批繁殖；大批生长 a dead tree that has been colonized by ants 被蚂蚁占据的一棵死树 —colonizer noun [countable] —colonization /ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌkɑːlənə-/ noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
colonize• Yet, in fact, only a small part of the world has yet been car colonized.• Three young men in cutoffs had colonized a triangular space and were flipping a Frisbee.• But what is beyond question is that, in the post-contact era, it was Hawaii that colonized other countries with surfing.• Crabs are among the first animals to colonize the new vent sites.col·o·nize verbChineseSyllable
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colonize
col‧o‧nize
(also colonise British English) /ˈkɒlənaɪz $ ˈkɑː-/ verb [transitive]
1. to establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle ⇨ colony
2. if animals or plants colonize an area, large numbers of them start to live there:
a dead tree that has been colonized by ants
—colonizer noun [countable]
—colonization /ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌkɑːlənə-/ noun [uncountable]
col‧o‧nize
(also colonise British English) /ˈkɒlənaɪz $ ˈkɑː-/ verb [transitive]1. to establish political control over an area or over another country, and send your citizens there to settle ⇨ colony
2. if animals or plants colonize an area, large numbers of them start to live there:
—colonizer noun [countable]
—colonization /ˌkɒlənaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌkɑːlənə-/ noun [uncountable]
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