资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Colony \Col"o*ny\, n.; pl. {Colonies}. [L. colonia, fr. colonus
   farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf.
   {Culture}.]
   1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country
      to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to
      the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British
      colonies in America.

            The first settlers of New England were the best of
            Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and
            zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony
            formed of better materials.           --Ames.

   2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.

   3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a
      foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

   4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or
      growing together, beyond their usual range.