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

• Meat and dairy production use30% of the earth's land surface, 70% of agricultural land and account for8% of the water humans use, mostly to irrigate feed crops.
  肉类和奶制品的生产占用了地球30%的陆地面积，70%的农业用地，使用了8%的人类用水，这些水主要用于饲料作物的灌溉。
• Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops.
  种植，施肥，培育，喷洒，灌溉和收获作物。
• 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。
• Nobody offered a drop of water to irrigate my land.
  没人愿意供水给我浇地。
• 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。
• Irrigate desert areas to make them fertile.
  灌溉荒芜地区使之肥沃。
• The use of the new method not only alleviate the load of oilfield sewage disposal, but also make use of sewage to irrigate the ecological land, which finally turn wastes into useful thing.
  通过此项新技术的应用不仅缓解了油田污水处理负荷，而且使污水资源化，进行生态田的灌溉，最终达到了化害为利的目的。
• 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。