irrigate

verb
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they irrigate
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪt/
he / she / it irrigates
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪts/
past simple irrigated
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/
past participle irrigated
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form irrigating
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. irrigate something to supply water to an area of land, typically through pipes or channels, so that crops will grow灌溉
    • irrigated land/crops经过灌溉的土地/农作物
    • The waters in these three rivers irrigate the plains of Punjab.这三条河中的水灌溉了旁遮普邦的平原。
    Topics Farmingc2
  2. irrigate something (medical医学) to wash out a wound or part of the body with a flow of water or liquid冲洗(伤口或身体部位)
  3. Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’.