| 释义 |
populate/ˈpɒpjuleɪt ||; ˈpɑpjəˌlet/verb [t] (usually passive 通常用于被动语态) to fill a particular area with people （人）居住于，生活于（某地）: ◇parts of the country are very thinly populated. 该国有些地区人口十分稀少。 pop·u·late /`pɑpjəˏlet; ˈpɒpjleɪt/v [t] be populated if an area is populated by a group of people, they live there ［指一群人］居住于，定居于:◇the central highlands are populated mainly by peasant farmers. 中部高原的居民主要为农民。◇densely populated (=a lot of people live there) 人口稠密的◇sparsely populated (=very few people live there) 人口稀少的 |