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

• 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。
• Let's carry the spring water of heart to irrigate the flower of forgiveness and love, and to water the tree of respect and honesty.
  让我们提着来自心灵的泉水，永远去灌溉宽恕和友爱之花，灌溉尊敬和忠诚之树。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That dam is in order to irrigate and generates electricity and to provide the source of a river.
  那水坝为灌溉以及发电而提供水源。
• 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。
• These floods have been very useful because they irrigate the Nile Delta and deposit a rich layer of topsoil used for growing crops.
  这些洪水一直非常有用，因为它们灌溉着尼罗河三角洲，沉积下厚厚的一层表土，可以用来种庄稼。
• Growers can have an intricate watering system to irrigate their crops but they can't have running water inside the houses of workers.
  农场主们利用复杂的地灌系统给庄稼浇水，而她们的工人家里却连自来水都没有。
• Irrigate desert areas to make them fertile.
  灌溉荒芜地区使之肥沃。