Populous
['pɒpjʊləs] or ['pɑpjələs]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
(a.) Popular; famous.
(a.) Common; vulgar.
(a.) Numerous; in large number.
手打:拉蒙纳
同義詞及近義詞:
a. Crowded, thickly settled.
哈蒂編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Crowded, dense, swarming, thronged
ANT:Deserted, thin, scanty, unfrequented, unoccupied, uninhabited
整理:玛丽斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Barren timber for building is of great value in a populous and well-cultivated country, and the land which produces it affords a considerable rent. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Quito, which had been but a miserable hamlet of Indians, is represented by the same author as in his time equally populous. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The street is in a populous and a poor neighbourhood. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- To a certain extent--with regard to populous districts, and in the metropolis, said the Doctor. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It is within the memory of many now living everywhere how wretched was the sanitary accommodations in every populous place a generation or two ago. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- We followed her at a short distance, our way lying in the same direction, until we came back into the lighted and populous streets. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- The garret windows and tops of houses were so crowded with spectators, that I thought in all my travels I had not seen a more populous place. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- But Flanders still continues to be one of the richest, best cultivated, and most populous provinces of Europe. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Those countries are represented as more fertile, more extensive, and, in proportion to their extent, much richer and more populous than Great Britain. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- You are as populous as a hive of bees, said Maurice, as they walked down to the lake; soon the island will be too small. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- This is not such a populous neighbourhood. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Though both were extremely populous, yet, in years of moderate plenty, they were both able to export great quantities of grain to their neighbours. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Such countries are accordingly much more populous. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
整理:玛丽斯