populate /ˈpɒpjʊˌleɪt/ CET6 ( populating, populated, populates )

• 1. 

  V-T If an area is populated by certain people or animals, those people or animals live there, often in large numbers. 聚居; 栖息

  例：

  Before all this the island was populated by native American Arawaks.

  在所有这一切之前，该岛聚居着土著美洲阿拉瓦克人。

• 2. 

  populated ADJ 聚居了的; 栖息了的 [adv ADJ]

  例：

  The southeast is the most densely populated area.

  东南部是最稠密的居住区。

• 3. 

  V-T To populate an area means to cause people to live there. 使聚居

  例：

  Successive regimes annexed the region and populated it with lowland people.

  后继政权吞并了这个地区并让低地居民聚居于此。