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单词 irrigate
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Definition of irrigate in English:

irrigate

verb ˈɪrɪɡeɪtˈɪrɪɡeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels.

    灌溉

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plots were irrigated regularly and weeds were carefully controlled both manually and through herbicide treatment.
    • In these areas, 37 tanks used for irrigating farmlands are at just 13 percent of capacity.
    • Growers are responsible only for irrigating the crop, making it an attractive alternative for farms with adequate irrigation water.
    • For millennia farmers have had to stretch water resources to irrigate their crops.
    • The water helps irrigate 14,000 hectares or 35,000 acres of cotton.
    • Plants were irrigated regularly with tap water but were not fertilized.
    • Larger, more efficiently irrigated farms would be more productive and fiscally sound.
    • Plants were irrigated with deionized water and fertilized from day 15 onward.
    • During the experiment, these plants were irrigated by sprinklers to field capacity every two days.
    • The flow is diverted down the rows to irrigate their crops.
    • The house is filled with energy-saving devices, while the lawn and orchard are irrigated with recycled water.
    • As the Sunset approached El Paso, irrigated farmland appeared and soon we were in the suburbs.
    • While rainfall registers about 50 inches per year, growers often have to irrigate their crops during extended drought periods.
    • Once the treatment cycle is complete, the water irrigates the farm crops.
    • Irrigation before planting may work better than trying to irrigate the cover crop up.
    • Less than half the region's 140,000 acres of farmland were irrigated.
    • Already, the Israeli rate of usage of water per acre for irrigating crops is just 30 percent of that used by US agriculture.
    • Fishing is unauthorized activity here, so is diverting water to irrigate fields.
    • Rebecca uses a sprinkler system to irrigate her crops.
    Synonyms
    water, bring water to
    spray, soak, deluge, flood, inundate
    make fertile
    1. 1.1 (of a river or stream) supply (land) with water.
      (河流溪水)浇灌
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Villagers present impressed upon the officers the need for quick repairs as the canal irrigated around 4900 hectares of land.
      • It has a small cultivable area to be irrigated by these rivers.
      • The river irrigates the site and enables crops to be transported for trade.
      • The sun beats down, melting the glaciers that feed water into the streams, irrigating settlements and creating oases of willows and poplars.
      • The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab, which produce most of the wheat and paddy that Indians eat and, if any left, export.
  • 2Medicine
    Wash out (an organ or wound) with a continuous flow of water or medication.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • For 8 days, the wound was irrigated with normal saline using a 35-cc syringe and a 19-gauge needle.
    • If the physician was unable to completely visualize the tympanic membrane 15 minutes later, the ear was irrigated with 50 ml of tepid water.
    • The surgeon thoroughly irrigated the wound with antibiotic irrigation.
    • The cavity is irrigated daily with mild antiseptic solution, and drainage from the tubes can be collected in a colostomy bag.
    • When the dressing is removed, the wound should be irrigated with normal saline to remove liquefied debris.
    • The surgeon copiously irrigates the wound with sterile saline solution and checks for leaks or bleeding.

Derivatives

  • irrigable

  • adjective ˈɪrɪɡəb(ə)lˈɪrəɡəb(ə)l
    • Land has been classified according to 6 land-use capability groups, of which classes 1 through 3 are efficiently irrigable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Mine-tailing has reportedly damaged 40,000 hectares of irrigable farmland.
      • The distribution system consisted of both open and piped laterals serving 3,200 irrigable acres.
      • In 1996 Vallery's land had an assessed value of $231.50 per acre as irrigable property.
      • This canal will nurture 2,135 acres of irrigable land and create another 300 acres of irrigable land.
  • irrigative

  • adjective
  • irrigator

  • noun ˈɪrɪɡeɪtəˈɪrəˌɡeɪdər
    • Last year, 125,000 megalitres of water, about 60,000 Olympic swimming pools, was kept back from irrigators to keep the river healthy.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It's only the second time in history that the state's irrigators and domestic users will have their water supply cut; this time by 30 per cent.
      • Environmentalists wanted to conserve the water in its natural course; irrigators wanted to keep it from going to waste.
      • A floating pump in New Zealand dairyland sends a slurry of water and manure to small irrigators that pull themselves across a field using water power.
      • I guess I'm not heartened by irrigators suggesting - quite appropriately - that they will now change their practices so that they'll reduce their impact.
      • Because it's the Queensland Government's job to regulate its irrigators, there's the perception of state self-interest in this.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin irrigat- 'moistened', from the verb irrigare, from in- 'into' + rigare 'moisten, wet'.

Definition of irrigate in US English:

irrigate

verbˈiriɡātˈɪrɪɡeɪt
[with object]
  • 1Supply water to (land or crops) to help growth, typically by means of channels.

    灌溉

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Plants were irrigated with deionized water and fertilized from day 15 onward.
    • Less than half the region's 140,000 acres of farmland were irrigated.
    • Growers are responsible only for irrigating the crop, making it an attractive alternative for farms with adequate irrigation water.
    • Fishing is unauthorized activity here, so is diverting water to irrigate fields.
    • During the experiment, these plants were irrigated by sprinklers to field capacity every two days.
    • For millennia farmers have had to stretch water resources to irrigate their crops.
    • In these areas, 37 tanks used for irrigating farmlands are at just 13 percent of capacity.
    • As the Sunset approached El Paso, irrigated farmland appeared and soon we were in the suburbs.
    • Plants were irrigated regularly with tap water but were not fertilized.
    • Once the treatment cycle is complete, the water irrigates the farm crops.
    • Already, the Israeli rate of usage of water per acre for irrigating crops is just 30 percent of that used by US agriculture.
    • Rebecca uses a sprinkler system to irrigate her crops.
    • The house is filled with energy-saving devices, while the lawn and orchard are irrigated with recycled water.
    • While rainfall registers about 50 inches per year, growers often have to irrigate their crops during extended drought periods.
    • The water helps irrigate 14,000 hectares or 35,000 acres of cotton.
    • Larger, more efficiently irrigated farms would be more productive and fiscally sound.
    • Plots were irrigated regularly and weeds were carefully controlled both manually and through herbicide treatment.
    • Irrigation before planting may work better than trying to irrigate the cover crop up.
    • The flow is diverted down the rows to irrigate their crops.
    Synonyms
    water, bring water to
    1. 1.1 (of a river or stream) supply (land) with water.
      (河流溪水)浇灌
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab, which produce most of the wheat and paddy that Indians eat and, if any left, export.
      • The river irrigates the site and enables crops to be transported for trade.
      • The sun beats down, melting the glaciers that feed water into the streams, irrigating settlements and creating oases of willows and poplars.
      • It has a small cultivable area to be irrigated by these rivers.
      • Villagers present impressed upon the officers the need for quick repairs as the canal irrigated around 4900 hectares of land.
    2. 1.2Medicine Apply a continuous flow of water or liquid medication to (an organ or wound).
      〔医〕冲洗(器官或伤口)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • For 8 days, the wound was irrigated with normal saline using a 35-cc syringe and a 19-gauge needle.
      • The cavity is irrigated daily with mild antiseptic solution, and drainage from the tubes can be collected in a colostomy bag.
      • If the physician was unable to completely visualize the tympanic membrane 15 minutes later, the ear was irrigated with 50 ml of tepid water.
      • The surgeon copiously irrigates the wound with sterile saline solution and checks for leaks or bleeding.
      • When the dressing is removed, the wound should be irrigated with normal saline to remove liquefied debris.
      • The surgeon thoroughly irrigated the wound with antibiotic irrigation.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’.

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