colony

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A colony is a country which is controlled by a more powerful country. 殖民地
In France's former North African colonies, anti-French feeling is growing. 在法國的各前北非殖民地，反法情緒正在增長。
2. N-COUNT You can refer to a place where a particular group of people lives as a particular kind of colony. (某一類人的) 聚居區
In 1932, he established a school and artists' colony in Stone City, Iowa. 1932年，他在愛荷華州的小石城建立了一所學校和藝術家聚居區。
...a penal colony. …一個罪犯的流放地。
3. N-COUNT A colony of birds, insects, or animals is a group of them that live together. (生物) 居住在一起的群躰
The islands are famed for their colonies of sea birds. 這些島嶼因有成群的海鳥居住而聞名。