colonize meaning in English
vt.
1.在(某处)开拓殖民地。
2.向(殖民地)移民。
3.〔美国〕把选民非法移入(某地区)〔以扩充政党势力〕。
4.〔美国〕(为政治目的)打入，混入(某部门等)。
5.【生物学】移植[植物]。
vi.
1.开拓殖民地。
2.移居于殖民地；移植植物。
Examples
- The eye-flies had colonized the top of an almirah .
苍蝇占据了衣橱的上空。 - Alexander personally chose the site and drew up the plans for the buildings and for colonizing the city.
Alexander亲自选定地址并制定该城的房屋修建与移民计划。 - The superiority of roman weaponry played no small part in their ability to conquer and colonize their empire .
罗马人在武器方面的优势对他们能够征服和开拓他们的大帝国起了不小的作用。 - The immigrant colony is frequently nothing more than a transplanted village, for america actually has been colonized not by races or by nationalities, but by villages .
移民侨居地往往不过是一个个迁移过来的村落，而美国实际上不是被一些种族和民族而是被一些村落拓殖起来的。 - The reservation works to colonize the indian ,
保留地作用是为了使印第安人殖民化