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Populous is about a place, not a person. A populous city, island, or country has a lot of people living there for its size — it is crowded with humans. Taiwan is a populous island; a huge empty desert is not populous, even if the land is wide. Though actually, we do not use it for a busy room, a full train, or a packed shop; those are just crowded. Populous belongs to maps, news, and school geography. It is a quiet, slightly formal adjective. Do not mix it up with popular: popular means “liked by many people.” A small village can be popular with tourists and still not be populous.
core核心畫面
組成From Latin populosus, “full of people.” Same old root as population: Latin populus, “the people.” First used in English in the mid 1400s.
同家族的字
- populationthe people living in a place; same Latin populus
- populateto fill a place with people, from the same root
- populaceordinary people, from the same Latin
- popularsame root, but the meaning has shifted toward “liked”
- populistsame populus, “the people,” used in politics
原始詞典資料4 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。
populousadj/ˈpɒpjʊləs/
- 1
Having a large population.
- China is the most populous country in the world.
- 2
Spoken by a large number of people.
- Chinese is the most populous language.
- The Sino-Tibetan family includes Mandarin, the most populous language in the world, spoken by more than one billion Chinese.
- 3
Densely populated.
- The Nile delta is a populous region.
- 4
Crowded with people.
- Airport departure halls are often populous places during the rush hours.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。