单词 | populous |
释义 | populous —populously, adv. —populousness, n. /pop"yeuh leuhs/, adj. 1. full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated. 2. jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve. 3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were. [1400-50; late ME populus < L populosus. See PEOPLE, -OUS] Syn. 2. swarming, packed, teeming. |
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