名詞
    1 人口 (總數(shù)) ,居民人數(shù)
    This city has a ~ of 350, 000. = The ~ of this city is 350, 000.
    這個(gè)城市有三十五萬人口
    What [How large] is the ~ of Taipei?.
    臺(tái)北有多少人口?
    2 [the ~; 集合稱] (一定區(qū)域的) (全體) 居民,市民
    The whole ~ of the town came out to welcome him.
    央抑鎮(zhèn)民都出來歡迎他
    3 [用單數(shù); 常與修飾語連用] ‘生物’ (一定區(qū)域的) 族群,棲群
    the koala ~ of Australia
    澳洲的無尾熊族群
    pop·u·la·tion　n.
    Pronunciation: ˌpä-pyə-’lā-shən
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Late Latin population-, populatio, from Latin populus
    Date: 1612
    1 a : the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region b : the total of individuals occupying an area or making up a whole c : the total of particles at a particular energy level ― used especially of atoms in a laser
    2 : the act or process of populating
    3 a : a body of persons or individuals having a quality or characteristic in common b (1) : the organisms inhabiting a particular locality (2) : a group of interbreeding organisms that represents the level of organization at which speciation begins
    4 : a group of individual persons, objects, or items from which samples are taken for statistical measurement