irrigate
irrigate 英 [ˈɪrɪgeɪt] 美 [ˈɪrɪˌɡet]
v. 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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- v. 灌溉；冲洗
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1. irrigated land, irrigated crops
经过灌溉的土地╱农作物
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2. irrigation channels
灌溉渠
- 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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