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 money can be used to drill deeper wells and pay farmer to not grow and irrigate.
  这些钱可以用来钻更深的井，并补偿农民因无法种植和灌溉所造成的损失。
• They set to work and drilled enough pump wells to irrigate more land.
  他们开始大干起来，打了足够的水泵井来灌溉更多的土地。
• He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
  他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
• Irrigate desert areas to make them fertile.
  灌溉荒芜地区使之肥沃。
• 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。
• Mosque water is reused to irrigate Yemen's dry fields.
  将清真寺的水重新用于灌溉也门干涸的田地。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。