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Definition of irrigate in English: irrigateverb 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 (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.
Derivativesadjective 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.
adjective 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.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin irrigat- 'moistened', from the verb irrigare, from in- 'into' + rigare 'moisten, wet'. Definition of irrigate in US English: irrigateverbˈiriɡātˈɪrɪɡeɪt [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.
- 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.
- 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.
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’. |