irrigate
英 ['ɪrɪgeɪt]
美 ['ɪrəget]
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irrigate 灌溉ir-,进入，使，-rig,雨，词源同rain.即使下雨，引申语义灌溉。拼写比较fain,main.
- irrigate (v.)
- "supply land with water," 1610s, from Latin irrigatus, past participle of irrigare "lead water to, refresh, irrigate, flood," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + rigare "to water, to moisten," of uncertain origin, perhaps cognate with rain. Related: Irrigated; irrigating. In Middle English it was an adjective, "watered, flooded" (mid-15c.).
- 1. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
- 他也想用这些水灌溉荒漠。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. They have built canals to irrigate the desert.
- 他们建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Some plains rivers regularly fertillize and irrigate surrounding areas with their floods.
- 有些平源河流不断地以其洪水培肥和灌溉着周围的地区.
来自辞典例句
