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

• 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。
• Plant, fertilize, cultivate, spray, irrigate and harvest crops.
  种植，施肥，培育，喷洒，灌溉和收获作物。
• 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。
• You can't irrigate an orange grove with it.
  不能用它浇灌桔子林。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。