colonize
/ˈkɑːləˌnaɪz/
American
- v. 殖民, 拓殖
- Definition
- v. to settle in and take control of a foreign land or place
- Example
- Early settlers tried to colonize the island in the seventeenth century.
- 早期的殖民者在十七世纪试图在这座岛上建立殖民地。