colonial
adj[esp attrib 尤作定語]
1 of, relating to or possessing a colony(1a) or colonies 殖民地的; 占有殖民地的
France was once a colonial power. 法國一度是占有殖民地的強國.
Kenya was under (British) colonial rule for many years. 肯尼亞曾多年受(英國)殖民統治.
2 (esp US) in a style of architecture typical of a colony, esp that used in the British colonies in N America in the 17th and 18th centuries 典型的殖民地建筑風格的(尤指於17和18世紀在北美的英國殖民地所采用的)
colonial residences in New England 在新英格蘭的有殖民地建筑風格的住宅
a colonial-style ranch 殖民地建筑式的大牧場. colonial, n person living in a colony who is not a member of the native population 住在殖民地而非土著的人.