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单词 peopling
释义 peopling, vbl. n.|ˈpiːplɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. people; settling with or occupation by people or inhabitants.
1572(title) A Letter sent by I. B...wherin is conteined a large discourse of the peopling & inhabiting..the Ardes, and other adiacent [countries] in the North of Ireland.1690Locke Govt. ii. v. §36 In the..first Peopling of the World.1881W. G. Marshall Thro' Amer. iv. 94 The peopling of America is proceeding at a great rate.1885J. Ball in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. XXII. 23 The peopling of the Antarctic lands with their characteristic generic types [of plants].
b. concr. Population. rare.
1834New Monthly Mag. XLI. 415 Next in degree amongst the rural peopling stands ‘the bold yeoman’.
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