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VERB. 动词colonizes , colonizing , colonized 1.?[T 及物动词] 把…变为殖民地If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. 双语例句例: The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. 英国第一次企图把爱尔兰变成殖民地是在12世纪。 例: Liberia was never colonized by the European powers. 利比里亚从未沦为欧洲列强的殖民地。 2.?[T 及物动词] (动物)移居于When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. 双语例句例: Toads are colonizing the whole place. 蟾蜍正移居到这整个地区。 3.?[T 及物动词] (植物)在…大量繁殖When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. 双语例句例: The area was then colonized by scrub. 那时该地区被大量低矮灌木所覆盖。 例: If the bats colonize a new cave, it soon becomes infested with ticks. 当蝙蝠在一个新的洞穴大量繁殖后,这个洞穴即会充满扁虱。
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