colony：释义

A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country.

A territory thus settled.

A region politically controlled by a distant country; a dependency.

A group of people with the same interests or ethnic origin concentrated in a particular area: the American colony in Paris.

The area occupied by such a group.

The British colonies that became the original 13 states of the United States.

A group of people who have been institutionalized in a relatively remote area: an island penal colony.

Ecology A group of the same kind of animals, plants, or one-celled organisms living or growing together.

Microbiology A visible growth of microorganisms, usually in a solid or semisolid nutrient medium.