[C]殖民地 a country or area under the political control of a distant country
[C](侨民等)聚居区,聚居地; 聚居的同国籍侨民; 聚居的同类人 (the area settled by) a group of people from the same country or with the same interests, profession, etc.living together
[C](动植物的)群体,集群 a group of the same kind of animals or plants living or growing together
英英释义
Noun:
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government;
"the American colony in Paris"
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated;
"a nudist colony"
"an artists' colony"
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country
(microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell