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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.

    人口稠密的

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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.

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  • 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，原文照列，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.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。