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。
• Nobody offered a drop of water to irrigate my land.
  没人愿意供水给我浇地。
• 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。
• Irrigate desert areas to make them fertile.
  灌溉荒芜地区使之肥沃。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
  他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
• Wild flooding is used to irrigate forage crops and sometimes small grains on uneven topography.
  漫灌用于灌溉饲料作物，有时也用于在不平坦的土地上灌溉小粒谷物。