irrigate
irrigate 英 [ˈɪrɪgeɪt] 美 [ˈɪrɪˌɡet]
vt. 灌溉；冲洗；使清新 vi. 灌溉；冲洗
进行时:irrigating 过去式:irrigated 过去分词:irrigated 第三人称单数:irrigates
- To irrigate is to supply with water, usually with ditches and channels that allow the water to flow.
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- vt. 灌溉；冲洗；使清新
- vi. 灌溉；冲洗
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1. Farmers in the Indian state of Punjab, traditionally wheat and rice growers, have long relied on groundwater to irrigate their crops.
旁遮普邦的印度农民传统上种植小麦和水稻，他们长期以来依靠地下水灌溉庄稼。
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2. Millions of people in Africa's Sahel region depend on the West African monsoon to irrigate their agricultural land, but climatologists are unable to say with much accuracy when the rains will come.
西非荒漠草原地区数以百万计的人依赖于西非季风带来降雨灌溉他们的农田，但是气候学家对于预测降雨何时到来并没有太大的把握。
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3. In other words, the tower would be able to irrigate a one-hectare field of tomatoes per day.
换句话说，这个高楼将有能力每天灌溉一公顷的西红柿农场。
- 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" (from PIE root *en "in") + rigare "to water, to moisten," of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Watkins] from PIE *reg- (2) "moist" (see rain (n.)). De Vaan offers as possibilities the root of regere "to direct, lead," on the notion of leading water onto the fields, or to the root of rigere "be stiff," literally "stretch." The first better suits the sense, but has phonetic problems.
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