colonize

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɒlənaɪz/|/ˈkɔlənɑjz/    美 /ˈkɑlənaɪz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To settle (a place) with colonists, and hence make (a place) into a colony. transitive
    — When you are colonized by dangerous bacteria their presence in your body does no damage. You become a reservoir for those little stinkers.
  2. To settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area). transitive
    — The administration finally sent a naval vessel to return the 368 survivors to the United States in 1864. This ended official efforts to colonize blacks.
  3. To begin a colony or colonies. intransitive
  4. To intrude into and take over (the autonomy, experience, social movement, etc, of a less powerful person or group); to commandeer or appropriate. broadly,transitive
    — What disservice would be done if issues regarding sexualities in organisations were side-lined by a heteronormative impetus to colonise queer theory?

词形变化

colonizes present,singular,third-person colonizing participle,present colonized participle,past colonized past colonise alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
colonizable colonization colonizee colonizer decolonize hypercolonize monocolonize neo-colonize noncolonized precolonized recolonize self-colonize uncolonize uncolonized
相关词
colonial colonialism colonist colony

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti
Proto-Italic *kʷelō
Latin colō
Latin colōnus
Latin colōniader.
Middle English colane
English colony
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.
Late Latin -izōder.
Middle French -iserbor.
Middle English -isen
English -ize
English colonize
From colony + -ize.
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