colonize /ˈkɒləˌnaɪz/ star1 CET6 TEM8 (colonizing,colonized,colonizes)

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  V-T（及物动词） If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. 把…变为殖民地

  例：

  The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century.

  英国第一次企图把爱尔兰变成殖民地是在12世纪。

• 2.  

  V-T（及物动词） When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. (动物) 移居于

  例：

  Toads are colonizing the whole place.

  蟾蜍正移居到这整个地区。

• 3.  

  V-T（及物动词） When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. (植物) 在…大量繁殖 [usu passive]

  例：

  The area was then colonized by scrub.

  那时该地区被大量低矮灌木所覆盖。