- When people live in or occupy a country, city, or town, they populate it. It doesn’t always refer to people — bugs might populate your kitchen if you leave half-eaten food out.
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- vt. 居住于；为...增加人口
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1. a heavily populated country
人口密集的国家
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2. The island is populated largely by sheep.
这个岛的主要生物是绵羊。
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3. the amazing characters that populate her novels
常见于她小说中的令人惊叹的人物
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4. The French began to populate the island in the 15th century.
法国人于 15 世纪开始迁移到这个岛。
- populate (v.) 1610s, from Medieval Latin populatus, past participle of populare "inhabit, to people," from Latin populus "inhabitants, people, nation" (see people (n.)). Related: Populated; populating.
popu·late / ˈpɒpjuleɪt ; NAmE ˈpɑːpjuleɪt / verb 1 [often passive ] populatesth to live in an area and form its population 居住于；生活于；构成…的人口 SYN inhabit ◆ a heavily/densely/sparsely/thinly populatedcountry 人口密集╱稠密╱稀疏╱稀少的国家 ◆ The island is populated largely by sheep. 这个岛的主要生物是绵羊。 ◆ ( figurative) the amazing characters that populate her novels 常见于她小说中的令人惊叹的人物 2 populatesth to move people or animals to an area to live there 迁移；移居；殖民于 ◆ The French began to populate the island in the 15th century. 法国人于 15 世纪开始迁移到这个岛。 3 populatesth ( computing 计 ) to add data to a document （给文件）增添数据，输入数据 populate populates populated populating popu·late / ˈpɒpjuleɪt ; NAmE ˈpɑːpjuleɪt /
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