Colonial

(noun.) a resident of a colony.

(adj.) composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony; 'coral is a colonial organism' .

(adj.) of or relating to or characteristic of or inhabiting a colony .

(adj.) of animals who live in colonies, such as ants .

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• The letter, then, is from a certain foreign potentate who has been ruffled by some recent Colonial developments of this country. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• If he could go in the suite of some Colonial Governor! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In 1840 New Zealand also was added to the colonial possessions of the British Crown. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In colonial times, every family made its own supply of soap, utilizing, for that purpose, household scraps often regarded by the housekeeper of to-day as worthless. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• He had denounced the slave trade fiercely, and blamed the home government for interfering with colonial attempts to end it. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The railway, the steamship, and the telegraphic cable were indeed changing all the conditions of colonial development. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• He kept Macmurdo in cigars and sent over quantities of shells, cayenne pepper, hot pickles, guava jelly, and colonial produce to Lady Jane. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Doctor Mell (of Colonial Salem-House Grammar School, Port Middlebay) presided, and on his right sat the distinguished guest. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Nobody nowadays had Colonial houses except the millionaire grocers of the suburbs. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The Indian representative was, of course, sure to be merely a British nominee; the other four would be colonial politicians. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• These are sold in various patterns from the Colonial design, like the illustration shown (Fig. 11), to those patterned after the Grecian urn. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Martyr, the Colonial Secretary, told him yesterday that it was made out. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The colonial legislature of Carolina offered prizes in 1775 for the first native-made pins and needles. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Does it require for its satisfaction material and visible things such as land or houses, or is the holding, say, of colonial railway shares sufficient? 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• We prospered, we traveled, we came back as rich colonials to England, and we bought country estates. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The country had risen behind the British; all the morning the colonials had been gathering. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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