colonize
v. 开拓殖民地；移居于殖民地
名词：colonizer 过去式：colonized 过去分词：colonized 现在分词：colonizing 第三人称单数：colonizes
近义词：settle，takepossessionof，people，inhabit，takeover，layclaimto，colonise，decolonize，
英英释义
Verb
- settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
"Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
- settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
"The British colonized the East Coast"
例句
用作动词(v.)
- Britain colonized many parts of Africa.英国在非洲开拓了许多殖民地。
- Some Westerners came to colonize; others came to convert; most came to exploit.有些西方人为了殖民而来，有些是为了宣传基督教义，但大多数是为了剥削。
- Someday human beings will attempt to colonize outer space.有朝一日人类会试图开拓外太空成殖民地。
- The divers want to show it's possible for humans to colonize the seabed.这几名潜水员想证明人类能够在海底生活。