colonization
noun(British English also colonisation)
[uncountable]the act of taking control of an area or a country that is not your own, especially using force, and sending 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 colonization of the ‘New World’ “新大陆” 的殖民
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biology 生物 the fact of animals or plants living or growing in large numbers in a particular area （在某一地区）聚居，大批生长 plant colonization 植物的拓植