populate

populate
verb
  1. [with obj.]form the population of (a place)
    构成(某地)的人口
    the island is populated by scarcely 40,000 people.
    这个岛上的人口才四万人。
    a cosy rural town populated with friendly folk.
    一个人们都很友善的温馨的乡镇。
    ■cause people to settle in (a place)
    使定居于(某地)
    ■fill or be present in (a place or sphere)
    充满,出现于(地方,领域)
    the film is an epic fantasy populated by grotesque weirdos.
    这部电影是一首史诗般的畅想曲,里面尽是古怪的人。
    ■(Computing)fill in (data)
    (计算机)输入 (数据)
语源
  1. late 16th cent.: from medieval Latin populat- 'supplied with people', from the verb populare, from populus 'people'
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