词典释义：
a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country
殖民地。
a group of people living in such a country or area, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors
（由最初的殖民者及其后裔和继承者组成的）殖民团，移民队。
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所有的原英国殖民地。
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（脱离英国统治获得独立、并创建美利坚合众国的北美洲东海岸的）十三州。
a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign city or country
一群（住在外国城市或国家的）同国籍（或种族）侨民
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the British colony in New York .纽约的英国侨民。
a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together
（有相同职业或兴趣的一群人的）聚居地，聚居区
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a nudist colony .裸体主义者聚居区。
【生】 集群，群体
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a colony of seals .海豹集群。
a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium
菌落。
"late Middle English （denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire）： from Latin
