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peopling

/pee-puhl/US // ˈpi pəl //UK // (ˈpiːpəl) //

人口,人民,人类,人种

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural peo·ples for 4.

    • : persons indefinitely or collectively; persons in general: to find it easy to talk to people; What will people think?
    • : persons, whether men, women, or children, considered as numerable individuals forming a group: Twenty people volunteered to help.
    • : human beings, as distinguished from animals or other beings.
    • : the entire body of persons who constitute a community, tribe, nation, or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, religion, or the like: the people of Australia; the Jewish people.
    • : the persons of any particular group, company, or number: the people of a parish; educated people; salespeople.
    • : the ordinary persons, as distinguished from those who have wealth, rank, influence, etc.: a man of the people.
    • : the subjects, followers, or subordinates of a ruler, leader, employer, etc.: the king and his people.
    • : the body of enfranchised citizens of a state: representatives chosen by the people.
    • : a person's family or relatives: My grandmother's people came from Iowa.
    • : : people's republic; people's army.
    • : animals of a specified kind: the monkey people of the forest.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    peo·pled, peo·pling.

    • : to furnish with people; populate.
    • : to supply or stock as if with people: a meadow peopled with flowers.

Phrases

  • people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
  • tell (people) apart

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inoccupy

Examples

  • For some people this time of the year is far from a winter wonderland.

  • This is a medication that’s been used for 65 years by hundreds of millions of people in tens of billions of doses worldwide.

  • But, I love when people get together and have good food, good drinks and good conversation.

  • Experiencing natureAlthough many people are afraid of insects, they are a great teaching tool for many reasons.

  • Virginia says it doesn’t know how many people have gotten alerts that they were potentially exposed.

  • The surest way to strengthen their hold upon the disputed territory was by peopling it.

  • The honor of peopling America has frequently been given to Noah and his immediate descendants.

  • For the peopling and maintenance of the Home a novel and very pretty device has been invented.

  • As the peopling of the earth has been a gradual process with the animal creation, so has it been also with the vegetable kingdom.

  • It is generally believed that Africa played an important rle in the peopling of our continent, but this is quite a mistake.