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

• 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。
• Irrigate desert areas to make them fertile.
  灌溉荒芜地区使之肥沃。
• 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。
• You can't irrigate an orange grove with it.
  不能用它浇灌桔子林。
• 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。
• Han Jia, how much land can the canal irrigate?
  韩佳，这红旗渠现在能灌溉多少田地啊？
• 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。
• 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。
• Drought, and I would use artificial rainfall method to irrigate grassland, so that the grass always maintain the verdant color.
  天旱了，我会用人工降雨的方法来浇灌草原，使草地永远保持嫩绿的颜色。