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colonize [sth],  also UK: colonise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  (migrants: settle in) | 在…殖民  zài … zhí mín | 
|   |   | 在…开拓殖民地  zài … kāi tuò zhí mín dì  | 
|   | Early explorers colonized the coastal regions. | 
colonize [sb],  also UK: colonise [sb]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  (form a colony of) (居民) | 对…进行殖民 
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colonize [sth],  also UK: colonise [sth]⇒ vtrtransitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat."  |  (animals: form a colony in) (动植物) | 在…移地发育 
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|   | The family of meerkats colonized the prairie. | 
colonize,  also UK: colonise viintransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived."  |  (form a colony) (细菌等) | 形成菌落,寄生发育,移地发育 
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|   | The bacteria surprised scientists by colonizing. |