| 单词 | less peopled |
| 释义 | > as lemmasless peopled That is occupied or inhabited by people; full of inhabitants. Frequently with adverbs, as best peopled, less peopled, etc. Also in extended use.Recorded earliest in well-peopled adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [adjective] inhabitate?a1475 peopleda1475 occupied1483 biggitc1485 denizened1557 inhabited1576 dwelt1610 populated1662 unabandoned1745 undeserted1792 empeopled1801 habited1866 lived-in1873 tenanted1886 a1475 ( S. Scrope tr. Dicts & Sayings Philosophers (Bodl. 943) (1999) 170 (MED) Comunly we se tounes of gret labour wele peuplied [Fr. bien peuplees] and susteined, and þe tounes fulle of delitis go to distruccion. c1475 tr. A. Chartier Quadrilogue (Univ. Coll. Oxf.) (1974) 139 (MED) Thebes..was..the best peeplid citee vpon the erthe while it endured. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xliv. 217 Octavyan..Throughe the worlde and the peopled preace Letters had sent. 1598 R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 5 The first peopled land that he had found since his departure from his owne dwelling. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iii. xix. 178 At this day we see it lesse peopled. a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iv. 3 This shadowy desart..I better brooke then flourishing peopled Townes. View more context for this quotation 1686 J. Dryden To Pious Memory A. Killigrew vi, in A. Killigrew Poems sig. a4v When the peopl'd Ark the whole creation bore. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 191 England, the best-peopled part of the united kingdom. View more context for this quotation 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands III. 173 Cremona..a large city not half peopled. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xv. 251 The country..was hilly..and thickly peopled. 1904 H. James Golden Bowl II. xxix. 102 The group on the pavement stared up as at the peopled battlements of a castle. 1990 Yankee June 71/2 One relaxation..was writing letters,..another remedy that cures loneliness with a peopled solitude. < as lemmas |
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