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colonial adj.殖民地的n.殖民地居民 (1) 法国一度是占有殖民地的强国。(2) 美国的独立战争实际是一场关于殖民地的战争。(3) 他祖先是英国殖民地居民。 You can use the word colonial to describe an inhabitant of a colony ruled by another country, but you wouldn’t call a painter living in an artists' colony a colonial. On the other hand, ants, which live in ant colonies, are colonial insects. British colonial is a style of furniture the British favored for their houses and tents in India or on safari in Africa — when India and parts of Africa were British colonies.

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英 [kə'ləʊniəl] 美 [kə'loʊniəl] (1) France was once a colonial power.(2) American Independence War is really a colonial war.(3) His forefathers were colonial in the control of England. The colonial period of United States history occurred before 1776, when America was still 13 colonies under British rule. 1[ADJ 形容词]殖民地的；殖民主义的 Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism.   [ADJ n]...the 31st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British colonial rule.牙买加脱离英国殖民统治独立31周年纪念...the colonial civil service.殖民地行政部门2[N-COUNT 可数名词]生活在殖民地的宗主国居民 People who have lived for a long time in a colony but who belong to the colonizing country are sometimes referred to as colonials .   [usu pl]...a group of ex-colonials.一群前殖民地居民3[ADJ 形容词](建筑或家具)具有英属殖民地时期特色的，美洲殖民地时期的 A Colonial building or piece of furniture was built or made in a style that was popular in America in the 17th and 18th centuries.   [usu ADJ n]  [mainly AM 主美]...the white colonial houses on the north side of the campus...校园北边几幢殖民地时期风格的白房子I sat on the Colonial bench that was just to the left of the office doorway.我坐在带有殖民地时期风格的长凳上，就在办公室出门靠左的地方。

英语单词	colonial
英美音标	英 [kə'ləʊniəl] 美 [kə'loʊniəl]
中文释义	adj.殖民地的 n.殖民地居民
英语例句	(1) France was once a colonial power. (2) American Independence War is really a colonial war. (3) His forefathers were colonial in the control of England.
中文例句	(1) 法国一度是占有殖民地的强国。 (2) 美国的独立战争实际是一场关于殖民地的战争。 (3) 他祖先是英国殖民地居民。
vocabulary简明	The colonial period of United States history occurred before 1776, when America was still 13 colonies under British rule.
vocabulary扩展	You can use the word colonial to describe an inhabitant of a colony ruled by another country, but you wouldn’t call a painter living in an artists' colony a colonial. On the other hand, ants, which live in ant colonies, are colonial insects. British colonial is a style of furniture the British favored for their houses and tents in India or on safari in Africa — when India and parts of Africa were British colonies.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]殖民地的；殖民主义的 Colonial means relating to countries that are colonies, or to colonialism. [ADJ n] ...the 31st anniversary of Jamaica's independence from British colonial rule. 牙买加脱离英国殖民统治独立31周年纪念 ...the colonial civil service. 殖民地行政部门 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]生活在殖民地的宗主国居民 People who have lived for a long time in a colony but who belong to the colonizing country are sometimes referred to as colonials . [usu pl] ...a group of ex-colonials. 一群前殖民地居民 3 [ADJ 形容词](建筑或家具)具有英属殖民地时期特色的，美洲殖民地时期的 A Colonial building or piece of furniture was built or made in a style that was popular in America in the 17th and 18th centuries. [usu ADJ n] [mainly AM 主美] ...the white colonial houses on the north side of the campus... 校园北边几幢殖民地时期风格的白房子 I sat on the Colonial bench that was just to the left of the office doorway. 我坐在带有殖民地时期风格的长凳上，就在办公室出门靠左的地方。

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