If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.
例句
The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...英國最早嘗試在愛爾蘭開拓殖民地是在12世紀。Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...利比里亞從未淪落為歐洲強國的殖民地。
VERB
(動物)移生于，大批繁殖于
When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home.
例句
Toads are colonising the whole place.蟾蜍把這整個地方都占為己有。
VERB
(植物)大批生長于
When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.
例句
The area was then colonized by scrub.后來這塊地灌木叢生。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
殖民地的開拓,殖民;殖民地化
the colonization of America by the British, Dutch and French英國人、荷蘭人和法國人拓殖美洲
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies;