首页英语词典colonizecolonize英英释意

colonize

英 美['kɑlənaɪz]
  • vt. 将…开拓为殖民地;移于殖民地;从他地非法把选民移入
  • vi. 开拓殖民地;移居于殖民地

英英释意


1. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
"The British colonized the East Coast"