colonize, colonise

v [Tn] establish a colony in (an area); establish (an area) as a colony 在(一地区)建立殖民地; 把(某地区)开拓为殖民地: Britain colonized many parts of Africa. 英国在非洲开拓了许多殖民地. * Britain was colonized by the Romans. 不列颠曾沦为罗马人的殖民地.


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