喜樂美語

You can picture a crowd — more than one human being, persons gathered together. From that plain 'many persons' picture, the word to specific bodies of people: a nation, the ordinary masses, the ones a leader is responsible for, even the people who fill a place.

可以想成一群人——不只一個人，是好幾個人聚在一起。從這個樸素的「許多人」畫面，這個字往各種特定的人群收窄：一個民族、平民大眾、領袖底下的人，甚至是住滿某地的人。

From the word’s history

From Latin 'populus' ('a people, nation, the public'); the word names a body of persons from the start, which is why both 'persons in general' and 'a nation' sit close to the core.

源自拉丁文 populus（一群人、民族、大眾）。這個字一開始指的就是「一群人」，所以「泛指的人們」和「一個民族」都很貼近核心。

Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), 'people'

登入就可以看每一支怎麼連回核心畫面。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

n複數 people / peoples

v過去式 peopled過去分詞 peopled-ing peopling三單 peoples

意思相近

personsnationsubjectsinhabitindividualspopulationfollowerspopulatehumanscitizenssettlefolks+20

意思相反

governmentemptyruling classdepopulateleaderslackelite

原始詞典資料11 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

peoplenoun詞源 1/ˈpi.pəl/

  • 1

    Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.

    • a people apart
    • an industrious people
  • 2

    A group of persons regarded as being servants, followers, companions or subjects of a ruler or leader.

    • Moses said, "Let my people go."
    • his people were weary
  • 3

    One's colleagues or employees.

    • I'll have my people call your people.
    • I have my people working on it.
  • 4

    A person's ancestors, relatives or family.

    • My people lived through the Black Plague and the Thirty Years War.
    • His people live out west.
  • 5

    The mass of a community as distinguished from a special class (elite); the commonalty; the populace; the vulgar; the common crowd; the citizens.

    • The people have successfully stood up against tyranny and totalitarianism.
    • The election is over and the people have spoken.
  • 6

    People in general, humans, by extension sentient beings real or fictional.

    • People don't like it when you tweak their noses.
    • Teachers are people too.

peopleverb詞源 1/ˈpi.pəl/

  • 1

    rareinformalTo interact with people; to socialize.

    • I don't people well.” “Not peopling well is a crap excuse,” I retorted, and started to step around him, but a sudden thought occurred to me.
    • My head tilted as Calvin said, "Don't worry about him. He just doesn't people well. The fuck? I people. Sometimes. With people I know.

peopleverb詞源 2/ˈpi.pəl/

  • 1

    To stock with people or inhabitants; to fill as with people; to populate.

    • He would not be alone, who all things can; / But peopled Heav'n with Angels, Earth with Man.
    • Scenes, long since forgotten, had been peopling his solitude with one still cherished image paramount over all; one young fair face, whose sweet eyes seemed to look upon him reproachfully:...
  • 2

    To become populous or populated.

  • 3

    To inhabit; to occupy; to populate.

    • […] / As thick and numberless / As the gay motes that people the Sun Beams, / […]

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

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