populate

vt. 使人口聚居在...中, 殖民于, 移民于, 居住于, 定居于

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

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