populate

英 ['pɒpjuleɪt] 美 ['pɑːpjuleɪt]

• v. 构成人口；居住于；【计】填入

英英释义

Verb:

1. inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of;

   "People lived in Africa millions of years ago"
   "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"
   "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"
   "deer are populating the woods"
   

2. fill with inhabitants;

   "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Carcasses populate the brush, their putrid remains swallowed whole by the land.
   尸体居住于刷子，他们的腐败遗骸由土地吞下了整体。
2. All sea life upon Earth originates from these two breeding tanks in which those species that could flourish went on to populate all oceans.
   地球上所有海洋生命都起源于这两个培育槽，在其中那些物种能繁荣，接着居住于所有海洋。

经典引文

• Northern and southern America are largely populated by colonists from Europe.

  出自： H. A. L. Fisher

• The stars were out, populating all heaven with their..radiance.

  出自： D. C. Peattie

近反义词

【近义词】

• inhabit 居住于
• people 人
• settle 解决
• colonize 开拓殖民地
• fill 装满
• crowd 人群
• occupy 占用
• dwell 居住
• live 活着