n.[C]

1. 殖民地
   India was once a British colony.

   印度曾是英國的殖民地。

2. 僑民；僑居地；聚居地
   This is the Chinese colony in New York.

   這是紐約華僑的聚居區。

3. （人種，宗教或職業相同的）聚居人群[G]
4. 移民隊，殖民團[G]
5. 【生】集群；群體；菌落[G]
   A colony of gulls inhabits the island.

   一群海鷗棲息於這個島上。

n.

1. a country or area under the political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
   ▸ (the colonies) all the foreign places formerly under British political control.
   ▸ (the colonies) the thirteen areas on the east coast of North America that gained independence and founded the United States of America.
2. a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place.
   ▸a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together:

   a nudist colony.
3. Biology  a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.

[名]

1. 殖民地。