populate

汉语翻译

vt. 使人口聚居在...中, 殖民于, 移民于, 居住于, 定居于

词型变化：

动词过去式:populated 过去分词:populated 现在分词:populating 第三人称单数:populates 

英语解释：

动词 populate:

1. furnish with people
   同义词：people
2. fill with people or supply with inhabitants
   同义词：people

例句：

1. The islands were gradually populated by settlers from Europe.
   岛上逐渐迁入很多欧洲移民。

详细解释：

pop.u.late

v.tr.（及物动词）
pop.u.lat.ed,pop.u.lat.ing,pop.u.lates
To supply with inhabitants, as by colonization; people.
构成…的人口，如通过殖民；使人们住在…
To live in; inhabit:
居住于；生活于：
例句：
creatures that populate the ocean depths.
生活于大洋洋底的生物


来源：
Medieval Latin popul3re popul3t-
中世纪拉丁语 popul3re popul3t-
from Latin populus [the people] * see popular
源自 拉丁语 populus [人民] *参见 popular