colony 音标拼音: [k'ɑləni]
n . 殖民地;群体,群落
殖民地;群体,群落
colony n 1 :
a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland ;
inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state '
s system of government ; "
the American colony in Paris " [
synonym :
{
colony }, {
settlement }]
2 :
a group of organisms of the same type living or growing together 3 :
one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States 4 :
a place where a group of people with the same interest or occupation are concentrated ; "
a nudist colony "; "
an artists '
colony "
5 :
a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country [
synonym : {
colony }, {
dependency }]
6 : (
microbiology )
a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell Colony \
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n .;
pl . {
Colonies }
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L .
colonia ,
fr .
colonus farmer ,
fr .
colere to cultivate ,
dwell :
cf .
F .
colonie .
Cf . {
Culture }.]
1 .
A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country ,
and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state ;
as ,
the British colonies in America .
[
1913 Webster ]
The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen ,
well educated ,
devout Christians ,
and zealous lovers of liberty .
There was never a colony formed of better materials . --
Ames .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The district or country colonized ;
a settlement .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
a territory subject to the ruling governmental authority of another country and not a part of the ruling country .
[
PJC ]
4 .
A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land ;
as ,
the American colony in Paris .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 . (
Nat .
Hist .)
A number of animals or plants living or growing together ,
beyond their usual range .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Bot .)
A cell family or group of common origin ,
mostly of unicellular organisms ,
esp .
among the lower alg [
ae ].
They may adhere in chains or groups ,
or be held together by a gelatinous envelope .
[
PJC ]
7 . (
Zool .)
A cluster or aggregation of zooids of any compound animal ,
as in the corals ,
hydroids ,
certain tunicates ,
etc .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
8 . (
Zool .)
A community of social insects ,
as ants ,
bees ,
etc .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
9 . (
Microbiology )
a group of microorganisms originating as the descendents of one individual cell ,
growing on a gelled growth medium ,
as of gelatin or agar ;
especially ,
such a group that has grown to a sufficient number to be visible to the naked eye .
[
PJC ]
156 Moby Thesaurus words for "
colony ":
adverse possession ,
ally ,
alodium ,
archduchy ,
archdukedom ,
army ,
ashram ,
body ,
body politic ,
buffer state ,
bunch ,
burgage ,
captive nation ,
caste ,
chieftaincy ,
chieftainry ,
city -
state ,
claim ,
clan ,
class ,
commonweal ,
commonwealth ,
commune ,
community ,
country ,
county ,
de facto ,
de jure ,
dependency ,
derivative title ,
domain ,
dominion ,
drift ,
drive ,
drove ,
duchy ,
dukedom ,
earldom ,
economic class ,
empery ,
empire ,
endogamous group ,
extended family ,
family ,
fee fief ,
fee position ,
fee simple ,
fee simple absolute ,
fee simple conditional ,
fee simple defeasible ,
fee simple determinable ,
fee tail ,
feodum ,
feud ,
fiefdom ,
flock ,
frankalmoign ,
free city ,
free socage ,
freehold ,
gam ,
gang ,
gavelkind ,
gens ,
grand duchy ,
having title to ,
herd ,
hold ,
holding ,
host ,
kennel ,
kingdom ,
kinship group ,
knight service ,
land ,
lay fee ,
lease ,
leasehold ,
legal claim ,
legal possession ,
litter ,
mandant ,
mandate ,
mandated territory ,
mandatee ,
mandatory ,
moiety ,
nation ,
nationality ,
nuclear family ,
occupancy ,
occupation ,
order ,
original title ,
owning ,
pack ,
phratria ,
phratry ,
phyle ,
pod ,
polis ,
polity ,
possessing ,
possession ,
power ,
preoccupancy ,
preoccupation ,
prepossession ,
prescription ,
pride ,
principality ,
principate ,
property ,
property rights ,
proprietary rights ,
protectorate ,
province ,
puppet government ,
puppet regime ,
realm ,
republic ,
satellite ,
school ,
seisin ,
seneschalty ,
settlement ,
shoal ,
skulk ,
sloth ,
socage ,
social class ,
society ,
sovereign nation ,
squatting ,
state ,
subcaste ,
sublease ,
sultanate ,
superpower ,
tenancy ,
tenantry ,
tenure ,
tenure in chivalry ,
territory ,
title ,
toparchia ,
toparchy ,
totem ,
trip ,
troop ,
underlease ,
undertenancy ,
usucapion ,
villein socage ,
villeinhold ,
villenage Colony The city of Philippi was a Roman colony (
Acts 16 :
12 ),
i .
e .,
a military settlement of Roman soldiers and citizens ,
planted there to keep in subjection a newly -
conquered district .
A colony was Rome in miniature ,
under Roman municipal law ,
but governed by military officers (
praetors and lictors ),
not by proconsuls .
It had an independent internal government ,
the jus Italicum ;
i .
e .,
the privileges of Italian citizens .
Colony ,
OK --
U .
S .
town in Oklahoma Population (
2000 ):
147 Housing Units (
2000 ):
79 Land area (
2000 ):
0 .
938574 sq .
miles (
2 .
430895 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
000000 sq .
miles (
0 .
000000 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
0 .
938574 sq .
miles (
2 .
430895 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
16400 Located within :
Oklahoma (
OK ),
FIPS 40 Location :
35 .
350996 N ,
98 .
673305 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
73021 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Colony ,
OK Colony
Colony ,
AL --
U .
S .
town in Alabama Population (
2000 ):
385 Housing Units (
2000 ):
154 Land area (
2000 ):
2 .
243851 sq .
miles (
5 .
811547 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
005210 sq .
miles (
0 .
013494 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
2 .
249061 sq .
miles (
5 .
825041 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
16684 Located within :
Alabama (
AL ),
FIPS 01 Location :
33 .
945011 N ,
86 .
899465 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Colony ,
AL Colony
Colony ,
KS --
U .
S .
city in Kansas Population (
2000 ):
397 Housing Units (
2000 ):
186 Land area (
2000 ):
0 .
499542 sq .
miles (
1 .
293809 sq .
km )
Water area (
2000 ):
0 .
000000 sq .
miles (
0 .
000000 sq .
km )
Total area (
2000 ):
0 .
499542 sq .
miles (
1 .
293809 sq .
km )
FIPS code :
14950 Located within :
Kansas (
KS ),
FIPS 20 Location :
38 .
070803 N ,
95 .
366109 W ZIP Codes (
1990 ):
66015 Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp .
for suburbs .
Headwords :
Colony ,
KS Colony
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