ir·ra·di·ate
verb/ɪˈreɪdieɪt/
/ɪˈreɪdieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they irradiate | /ɪˈreɪdieɪt/ /ɪˈreɪdieɪt/ |
| he / she / it irradiates | /ɪˈreɪdieɪts/ /ɪˈreɪdieɪts/ |
| past simple irradiated | /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle irradiated | /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪd/ /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form irradiating | /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/ /ɪˈreɪdieɪtɪŋ/ |
- irradiate somebody/something to expose somebody/something to radiation
照射；辐射 - irradiate something (specialist) to treat food with gamma radiation in order to preserve it
辐照（以放射线处理食品，延长保鲜期） - irradiate something (with something) (literary) to make something look brighter and happier
使生辉；使焕发 - faces irradiated with joy
一张张高兴得神采奕奕的面孔
- faces irradiated with joy
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘emit rays, shine upon’): from Latin irradiat- ‘shone upon’, from the verb irradiare, from in- ‘upon’ + radiare ‘to shine’ (from radius ‘ray’).