colony

UK:  ['kɒləni]

US:  ['kɑləni]

复数：colonies  

n.

1.菌落,群体,集群

2.集落

3.殖民[移民]团

4.侨居地,侨民区;〔集合词〕侨民

5.庄园,聚居区

6.(外交家等的)聚居地

7.(有特殊作用的)居住区〔如失业救济,收容难民等〕

8.菌丛

9.【动物;动物学】(鸟、蚁、蜜蜂等的)集团,群;【生物学】群体,集群;【地质学;地理学】(异系统内的)化石群

10.殖民地;【希史】殖民城市;【罗史】征服区驻防地

1 . It tasted like the pastries he used to get in New York, before he moved to Houston to begin training for the colony program.
味道像他过去在纽约吃过的油酥点心，那还是在他搬到休斯敦、开始殖民计划培训之前的事了。

2 . You would see me most often at sundown when it's getting dark. I might be alone or hanging out with friends in a group called a colony.
你经常会在天变黑，太阳落山的时候看到我。我可能独自一个，也可能是和朋友们在一起。

3 . Due to lacking of playground the children of this colony play in the congested balcony of the building.
因为没有操场，所以，“工寮”里的孩子们只能在拥挤的阳台上玩耍。

4 . Makes it a lot easier to put a colony up there.
这使得人类在月亮上建立殖民地简单多了。

5 . Shiva belongs to a colony of monkeys who have been fattened up to help scientists study the twin human epidemics of obesity and diabetes.
科学家们将一群猴子催肥，用来帮助他们研究人类的一对孪生流行病——肥胖症和糖尿病，希瓦就是这群猴子中的一只。