irrigate

英 [ˈɪrɪɡeɪt]

美 [ˈɪrɪɡeɪt]

v.  灌溉; 冲洗(伤口或身体部位)

过去分词：irrigated　现在分词：irrigating　过去式：irrigated　第三人称单数：irrigates　

高考考研TOEFLGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.26536 / COCA.16313

牛津词典

verb

• 灌溉
  to supply water to an area of land through pipes or channels so that crops will grow
  1. irrigated land/crops
     经过灌溉的土地 / 农作物
• 冲洗（伤口或身体部位）
  to wash out a wound or part of the body with a flow of water or liquid

柯林斯词典

• VERB 灌溉
  Toirrigateland means to supply it with water in order to help crops grow.
  1. None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
     鲍威尔湖的水一滴都没有用于灌溉该地区。
  2. ...strips of cultivated land irrigated by a maze of interconnected canals.
     由纵横交错的运河灌溉的一条条狭长耕地区域

英英释义

verb

• supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting
  1. irrigate the wound
• supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams
  1. Water the fields
  Synonym:water

双语例句

• The order includes a ban on using drinking water to irrigate ornamental landscaping on public streets.
  该命令包括一项禁止使用饮用水灌溉公共街道上装饰性园林的禁令。
• How do you irrigate your fields? He asked.
  “你怎样灌溉田地？”他问道。
• Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops.
  种植，施肥，培育，喷洒，灌溉和收获作物。
• Meat and dairy production use30% of the earth's land surface, 70% of agricultural land and account for8% of the water humans use, mostly to irrigate feed crops.
  肉类和奶制品的生产占用了地球30%的陆地面积，70%的农业用地，使用了8%的人类用水，这些水主要用于饲料作物的灌溉。
• Much of its use has been in orchards and vineyards but it has also been used to irrigate a variety of row crops including several kinds of vegetables and fruits.
  果园和葡萄园已经大量使用滴灌，各种行播作物也在使用滴灌，包括几种蔬菜和水果。
• But it also suggests that China is not shy about printing money to irrigate its economy.
  但它同时表明，中国并不羞言印钱注入经济的做法。
• We at FAO recognize that the agriculture sector must take the lead in coping with water scarcity by finding more effective ways to conserve rain-fed moisture and irrigate farmlands.
  我们粮农组织认为，农业部门必须带头，通过确定雨育田保墒和农田灌溉的更有效办法来应对水短缺问题。
• They dug channels to bring in water from the Grand Canal to irrigate the rice fields.
  他们挖掘沟渠从大运河引水灌溉稻田。
• Nobody offered a drop of water to irrigate my land.
  没人愿意供水给我浇地。
• Digging into the sand, they sought for fresh-water springs to irrigate the saplings.
  他们在沙里挖下去，想找到清水来浇树苗。