英语词汇“populate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense populates, present participle populating, past tense, past participle populated

1. verb

If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers.

Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks. [be VERB-ed]

...native Sindhis, who populate the surrounding villages. [VERB noun]

populated adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE]

The southeast is the most densely populated area.

Rural areas are sparsely populated.

-populated combining form

...to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack.

2. verb

To populate an area means to cause people to live there.

Successive regimes annexed the region and populated it with lowland people. [VERB noun + with]

[Also VERB noun]

3. verb

The people or characters who populate an area of public life or a piece of entertainment are the people or characters in it.

...the stick-thin models who populate the glossy women's magazines.

...the sort of low-life characters who populate the film. [VERB noun]

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单词	populate
释义	Trends of populate View usage for: populate (pɒpjʊleɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense populates, present participle populating, past tense, past participle populated 1. verb If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks. [be VERB-ed] ...native Sindhis, who populate the surrounding villages. [VERB noun] populated adjective [adverb ADJECTIVE] The southeast is the most densely populated area. Rural areas are sparsely populated. -populated combining form ...to protect civilians and civilian-populated areas under threat of attack. 2. verb To populate an area means to cause people to live there. Successive regimes annexed the region and populated it with lowland people. [VERB noun + with] [Also VERB noun] 3. verb The people or characters who populate an area of public life or a piece of entertainment are the people or characters in it. ...the stick-thin models who populate the glossy women's magazines. ...the sort of low-life characters who populate the film. [VERB noun] More Synonyms of populate populate in British English (ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt) verb (transitive) 1. (often passive) to live in; inhabit 2. to provide a population for; colonize or people Word origin C16: from Medieval Latin populāre to provide with inhabitants, from Latin populus people populate in American English (ˈpɑpjəˌleɪt) verb transitiveWord forms: ˈpopuˌlated or ˈpopuˌlating 1. to be or become the inhabitants of; inhabit 2. to supply with inhabitants; people Word origin < ML populatus, pp. of populare, to populate < L populus, people Examples of 'populate' in a sentence populate Its presence suggested some attempt to populate this wasteland, long abandoned. Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2003) The Hulda had disappeared into obscure parts of the galaxy, while the Ashtor-eth family, in their millions, had gone on to populate planets. Zindell, David THE BROKEN GOD (2003) Even should we expand to populate entire galaxy, we can never hope to fill it. Greg Bear DEAD LINES (2003) In other languages populate British English: populate VERB If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. They populate the surrounding villages. American English: populate Brazilian Portuguese: povoar Chinese: 使聚居 European Spanish: poblar French: peupler German: bevölkern Italian: popolare Japanese: 人を居住させる Korean: 거주시키다 European Portuguese: povoar Latin American Spanish: poblar 1 (verb) in the sense of inhabit Definition to live in the native people who populate areas around the city Synonyms inhabit the people who inhabit these islands people live in occupy the couple who occupy the flat above mine reside in dwell in (formal) 2 (verb) in the sense of settle Definition to provide with inhabitants They believe Europe was populated by modern humans around 45,000 years ago. Synonyms settle This was one of the first areas to be settled by Europeans. people a small town peopled by workers and families occupy Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918. pioneer colonize The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. Additional synonyms in the sense of colonize Definition to settle in (an area) as colonists The first British attempt to colonize Ireland was in the twelfth century. Synonyms settle, populate, put down roots in, people, pioneer, open up in the sense of occupy Definition to live, stay, or work in (a house, flat, or office) the couple who occupy the flat above mine Synonyms inhabit, own, live in, stay in (Scottish), be established in, dwell in, be in residence in, establish yourself in, ensconce yourself in, tenant, reside in, lodge in, take up residence in, make your home, abide in in the sense of occupy Definition to move in and take control of (a country or other place) Alexandretta had been occupied by the French in 1918. Synonyms invade, take over, capture, seize, conquer, keep, hold, garrison, overrun, annex, take possession of, colonize, cybersquat Nearby words of populate popularity popularize popularly populate population populous porcelain Synonyms of 'populate' populate Explore 'populate' in the dictionary Additional synonyms in the sense of people Definition to provide with inhabitants a small town peopled by workers and families Synonyms inhabit, occupy, settle, populate, colonize
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