irrigate是什么意思？

irrigate

英[ˈɪrɪgeɪt] 美[ˈɪrɪˌgeɪt]

• vt. 灌溉，冲洗（伤口），使清新；
• vi. 灌溉，冲洗；

过去式：irrigated;

过去分词：irrigated;

现在分词：irrigating;

第三人称单数：irrigates;

名词：irrigation;

例句

• They have built canals to irrigate the desert. 他们建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠.
• The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields. 这个农民挖了好几条沟以灌溉稻田.
• They are already discovering how to colonise Venus and to irrigate the moon. 他们正在探索如何殖民于金星,和如何灌溉月球.
• 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。
• He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land. 他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。

英语六级真题

Better irrigation can dramatically improve crop yield and about 40% of the world's food supply is currently derived from irrigated land.
出自-2013年12月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  灌溉
  To irrigate land means to supply it with water in order to help crops grow.
  例句
  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。 ...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

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  灌溉
  They have built canals to irrigate the desert. 他们建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams;
  "Water the fields"
  2. supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting;
  "irrigate the wound"

行业词典

• 医学： 冲洗：如伤口；同lavage；