colonize
verb /ˈkɒlənaɪz/
  /ˈkɑːlənaɪz/
(British English also colonise)
 动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they colonize |  /ˈkɒlənaɪz/  /ˈkɑːlənaɪz/ | 
| he / she / it colonizes |  /ˈkɒlənaɪzɪz/  /ˈkɑːlənaɪzɪz/ | 
| past simple colonized |  /ˈkɒlənaɪzd/  /ˈkɑːlənaɪzd/ | 
| past participle colonized |  /ˈkɒlənaɪzd/  /ˈkɑːlənaɪzd/ | 
| -ing form colonizing |  /ˈkɒlənaɪzɪŋ/  /ˈkɑːlənaɪzɪŋ/ | 
- colonize something to take control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and send people from your own country to live there在(某国家或地区)建立殖民地;移民于殖民地 - The area was colonized by the Vikings.这一地区曾为维京人的殖民地。 
 Wordfinder- colonize
- discover
- explore
- pioneer
- reconnaissance
- scout
- settle
- terrain
- territory
- voyage
 
- The area was colonized by the Vikings.
- colonize something (biology生物 动物或植物 (在某一地区)聚居,大批生长 - The slopes are colonized by flowering plants.坡地上长满了开花植物。 
- Bats had colonized the ruins.蝙蝠聚居在这片废墟上。 
 
- The slopes are colonized by flowering plants.