汉语翻译：
vt. 使人口聚居在...中, 殖民于, ***于, 居住于, 定居于词型变化：
动词过去式:populated过去分词:populated现在分词:populating第三人称单数:populates英语解释：
动词 populate:

furnish with people同义词：people

fill with people or supply with inhabitants同义词：people

例句：

The islands were gradually populated by settlers from Europe.岛上逐渐迁入很多欧洲***。

详细解释：
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