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

• How do you irrigate your fields? He asked.
  “你怎样灌溉田地？”他问道。
• You can't irrigate an orange grove with it.
  不能用它浇灌桔子林。
• He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
  他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。