n.[C]

1. 殖民地
   India was once a British colony.

   印度曾是英国的殖民地。

2. 侨民；侨居地；聚居地
   This is the Chinese colony in New York.

   这是纽约华侨的聚居区。

3. （人种，宗教或职业相同的）聚居人群[G]
4. 移民队，殖民团[G]
5. 【生】集群；群体；菌落[G]
   A colony of gulls inhabits the island.

   一群海鸥栖息于这个岛上。

n.

1. a country or area under the political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country.
   ▸ (the colonies) all the foreign places formerly under British political control.
   ▸ (the colonies) the thirteen areas on the east coast of North America that gained independence and founded the United States of America.
2. a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place.
   ▸a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together:

   a nudist colony.
3. Biology  a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure.