recolonize
verb (also re-colonize); (UK usually recolonise, re-colonise) uk/ˌriːˈkɒl.ə.naɪz/ us/ˌriːˈkɑː.lə.naɪz/
[ T ] usually disapproving将...再殖民化
to colonize a country (= send people to live in and govern it) again, for a second, third, etc. time
He believes it is part of a Western conspiracy to recolonize India and Africa. 他认为这是西方重新殖民印度和非洲的阴谋的一部分。
This effort to re-colonize an already thriving civilization was largely successful.
[ I or T ]（动植物）回迁（生物重新在原分布区定居）
(of animals, plants, or organisms) to start to live or grow again in a particular area, or to encourage animals, etc. to live or grow somewhere
The frogs are beginning to recolonize their former habitat.
Certain rare plants would probably be present in other areas and a number of them will recolonize over time. 某些稀有植物可能会出现在其他地区，但随着时间的推移其中一些会回迁。
It may be possible to recolonize the gut with what are called "friendly" bacteria, available in the form of "probiotics" such as Lactobacillus acidophilus.
- More examples
- For nine years following 1945, the French were engaged in a failed effort to recolonize Vietnam.
- The idea is that species could eventually re-colonize such areas, or at least pass through them during migration.
- Much the same set of bacteria recolonize the gut after a course of antibiotics.
- Fire may cause local extinctions of certain rare plants, but a number of them will recolonise over time.
- The little brown lizard is beginning to re-colonize the islands.