colonize
英 美['kɑlənaɪz]
- vt. 将…开拓为殖民地；移于殖民地；从他地非法把选民移入
- vi. 开拓殖民地；移居于殖民地
英英释意
- 1. settle as a colony; of countries in the developing world;
- "Europeans colonized Africa in the 17th century"
- 2. settle as colonists or establish a colony (in);
- "The British colonized the East Coast"