irrigate
verb /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they irrigate | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/ |
| he / she / it irrigates | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/ |
| past simple irrigated | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle irrigated | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form irrigating | /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ |
- irrigate something to supply water to an area of land, typically through pipes or channels, so that crops will grow
灌溉 - irrigated land/crops
经过灌溉的土地/农作物 - The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab.
这三条河流的水灌溉着旁遮普的平原。
- irrigated land/crops
- irrigate something (medical
) to wash out a wound or part of the body with a flow of water or liquid医学 冲洗(伤口或身体部位)
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’.