1. India was once a British colony.
    印度曾是英国的殖民地。

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2. A colony of gulls inhabits the island.
    一群海鸥栖息于这个岛上。

3. This is the Chinese colony in New York.
    这是纽约华侨的聚居区。

1. 菌落：单个细菌在平板培养基上繁殖成一个肉眼可见的细菌集团,称为菌落(colony) 由于细菌种类不同,以及培养基的成分不同,菌落特点也不尽相同,这有助于鉴别细菌.因此,应当对菌落进行认真观察,选出目的菌菌落进一步检查,

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2. 集落：还有一些,成对的后代以纤毛或壳粘在一起,形成被称为集落(colony)的小群体. 其中有极少数集落中的细胞像图12-1中所描述的那样,分化为生殖细胞和营养细胞. 这就意味着,某些过去是自由自在的、独立的细胞自愿地放弃了繁殖,

1. 殖民地
    A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country.

    e.g. In France''s former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing...
           在北非的一些前法属殖民地国家，反法情绪日益增长。
    e.g. Puerto Rico, though it calls itself a Commonwealth, is really a self-governing American colony.
           波多黎各尽管自称共和国，但实际上是有自治权的美国殖民地。

2. (某一类人的)聚居地，聚居区
    You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony .

colony的反义词

    e.g. In 1932, he established a school and artists'' colony in Stone City, Iowa.
           1932年，他在艾奥瓦州的石头城创建了一所学校，那儿成了艺术家的聚居地。
    e.g. ...a penal colony.
           罪犯流放地

3. (统称)英属殖民地
    The colonies means all the countries that used to be British colonies.

    e.g. Many of our troops and officers were scattered around the world in the service of His Majesty in the colonies.
           我们的很多部队和军官分驻世界各地的英属殖民地，为英王效力。

4. (美国独立前的)北美十三州
    The colonies means the 13 British colonies in North America which formed the original United States.

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    e.g. On the eve of the Revolution, the colonies produced thirty thousand tons of crude iron a year.
           独立战争前夕，北美十三州每年生产3万吨生铁。

5. (鸟、昆虫或动物的)群体，集群，群落
    A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together.

    e.g. The Shetlands are famed for their colonies of sea birds...
           设得兰群岛以其众多的海鸟而闻名。
    e.g. The caterpillars feed in large colonies.
           毛毛虫总是成群进食。

1. a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together

2. (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell

3. 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

    e.g. the American colony in Paris

    Synonym: settlement

4. a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country

    Synonym: dependency

5. a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated

    e.g. a nudist colony
           an artists'' colony