colony

植民地

別の国に支配されている国や地域。支配する国は遠くにあることが多い。

やさしい英語で： A country or area ruled by another country, usually far away.

• The island was once a colony.
• Several former colonies became independent in the twentieth century.
• The empire took resources from its overseas colonies.

類義語： dependency

よく使う表現： british colony, former colony, overseas colony

コロニー、群落

動物や植物などの生き物が、互いに近くで暮らす集団。

やさしい英語で： A group of animals, plants, or other living things that live closely together.

• An ant colony lives under that stone.
• The island supports a large colony of seabirds.
• Scientists grew bacterial colonies in the laboratory.

使い方： a colony of something (A colony of bats lives in the cave.)

よく使う表現： ant colony, bacterial colony, colony of something

入植地、移民集落

他の土地から移り住んだ人々が、母国とのつながりを保って暮らす共同体。

やさしい英語で： A community formed by people who move from another place and keep connections with their original country.

• The settlers founded a small colony.
• Families from abroad joined the colony over several years.
• The colony kept close ties with its original homeland.

類義語： settlement

よく使う表現： settler colony, establish a colony, found a colony

住宅団地、住宅街

一つの地区を形作る、家や集合住宅の集まり。

やさしい英語で： A group of homes or apartment buildings forming one neighborhood.

• Our colony has a small park.
• Residents of the colony share a water supply.
• Several new apartment buildings have opened in the colony.

類義語： neighborhood, housing complex

よく使う表現： residential colony, housing colony, our colony