colonize

verb

1. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in)

e.g. The British colonized the East Coast

Synonym: colonise

2. settle as a colony
of countries in the developing world

e.g. Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century

Synonym: colonise

1. 在…开拓殖民地;将…建成殖民地
If people colonize a foreign country, they go to live there and take control of it.

e.g. The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century...
英国最早尝试在爱尔兰开拓殖民地是在12世纪。
e.g. Liberia was never colonised by the European powers...
利比里亚从未沦落为欧洲强国的殖民地。

2. (动物)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.

e.g. Toads are colonising the whole place.
蟾蜍把这整个地方都占为己有。

3. (植物)大批生长于
When an area is colonized by a type of plant, the plant grows there in large amounts.

e.g. The area was then colonized by scrub.
后来这块地灌木丛生。

1. 拓殖,殖民：military 军事的 | colonize 拓殖,殖民 | per capita 人均

2. 拓殖：colonization 殖民地化 | colonize 拓殖 | colonizer 殖民者

3. 入侵：notoriously:众所周知地 | colonize:入侵 | diarrhea:痢疾