irrigate
英 ['?r?ge?t]
美['?r?get]
- vt. 灌溉；沖洗；使清新
- vi. 灌溉；沖洗
TOEFL低頻詞CET4TEM4IELTSGRE考研常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數:?irrigates;過去式:?irrigated;過去分詞:?irrigated;現在分詞:?irrigating;名詞:?irrigation;
中文詞源
irrigate 灌溉
ir-,進入，使，-rig,雨，詞源同rain.即使下雨，引申語義灌溉。拼寫比較fain,main.
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. He also wants to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
- 他也想用這些水灌溉荒漠。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The farmer dug several trenches to irrigate the rice fields.
- 這個農民挖了好幾條溝以灌溉稻田.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. They have built canals to irrigate the desert.
- 他們建造成水渠以灌溉沙漠.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area.
- 鮑威爾湖的水一滴都沒有用于灌溉該地區(qū)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Some plains rivers regularly fertillize and irrigate surrounding areas with their floods.
- 有些平源河流不斷地以其洪水培肥和灌溉著周圍的地區(qū).
來自辭典例句