Word · Frequency #9684
populate
居住于；栖居
核心释义
to live in a place; to inhabit
- 1.
使有居民；殖民。
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
- 2.
居住于；栖息于。
To live in; to inhabit.
- 3.
增加数量；繁殖。
To increase in number; to breed.
- 4.
填充集合中初始为空的项目。
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
- 5.
填充电路板等上初始为空的插槽。
To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.
使…有人口；移民；填充；填入（数据）；繁殖；增殖；插装；填充（插槽）；使有居民；殖民。
用法In use
Millions of tourists populate the beach during summer.
用法提示：populate作为及物动词，表示大量人群聚集在某地。
The remote valley was populated by a small farming community.
用法提示：passive voice表示被定居或居住。
Birds populate the island's dense forests.
用法提示：populate表示动物栖息，现在时第三人称复数。
populate + [location noun phrase]
及物动词，后面直接跟地点名词。
Immigrants from many countries began to populate the city.
来自许多国家的移民开始定居在这个城市。
be populated + by/with [agent/noun]
常用被动语态表示某地居住着某种人。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- populate the area
- 居住在该地区；使该地区有人居住
- Wildlife has begun to populate the area after the restoration efforts.恢复工作后，野生动物开始在该地区聚居。
- populate the database
- 填充数据库
- We need to populate the database with the new user information.我们需要用新的用户信息填充数据库。
- populate the list
- 填充列表
- Please populate the list with all the items from the inventory.请用库存中的所有物品填充列表。
- populate the city
- 居住于城市；使城市有人居住
- Immigrants from various countries have populated the city over centuries.几个世纪以来，来自不同国家的移民定居在这座城市。
- populate the planet
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象很多人'跑'（pop谐音）到一个地方，人口'雷'（谐音late）集，即populate（居住于）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：demographics、settlement patterns、computer science 该词在不同领域使用频率和正式程度有差异：在人口学、地理学中较正式（多用于学术文献或新闻报道），在计算机科学中为中性技术术语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words ending in -ulate generally share the same suffix spelling but may have different stress patterns. 'Populate', 'calculate', 'stimulate', 'speculate', and 'regulate' all have primary stress on the first syllable, so they rhyme in the suffix. However, 'articulate' has primary stress on the second syllable, making it a lookalike that sounds different. All words share the common spelling chunk '-ulate'.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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