• vt. 灌溉；沖洗；使清新
• vi. 灌溉；沖洗

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.

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.).

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。

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.

來自辭典例句