colonize

1. V-T If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it. 把…變?yōu)橹趁竦?/p>

The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. 英國(guó)第一次企圖把愛爾蘭變成殖民地是在12世紀(jì)。

Liberia was never colonized by the European powers. 利比里亞從未淪為歐洲列強(qiáng)的殖民地。

2. V-T When large numbers of animals colonize a place, they go to live there and make it their home. (動(dòng)物) 移居于

Toads are colonizing the whole place. 蟾蜍正移居到這整個(gè)地區(qū)。

3. V-T When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts. (植物) 在…大量繁殖[usu passive]

The area was then colonized by scrub. 那時(shí)該地區(qū)被大量低矮灌木所覆蓋。