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单词 irrigate
释义
irrigate
(ɪrɪgeɪt )
Word forms: irrigates , irrigating , irrigated
verb
To irrigate land means to supply it with water in order to help crops grow.
None of the water from Lake Powell is used to irrigate the area. [VERB noun]
...strips of cultivated land irrigated by a maze of interconnected canals. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: water, wet, moisten, flood  
irrigation (ɪrɪgʃən ) uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun]
The agricultural land is hilly and the irrigation poor.
...a sophisticated irrigation system.
Collocations:
irrigate a field
A huge metal arm sweeps around, irrigating the fields.
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But farmers had dammed up drainage ditches to irrigate their fields and water had flooded the road.
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Primitive water wheels irrigated the fields.
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For example, farmers build channels to irrigate their fields.
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He made every effort to help the people by providing canals to irrigate the fields.
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irrigate a garden
The roof collects rainwater to irrigate the garden.
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I irrigate my garden and grow vegetables for me to eat... such a life suits a retired official like me well.
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There were no visitors last week to admire the giant 14thcentury waterwheels that irrigate the gardens.
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This week the state voted to get tough, approving fines of up to $500 a day on those who waste water washing cars or irrigating their gardens.
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A suspended pipeline crossing the river was built and the water was pumped over to the river left to irrigate the gardens and provide fresh drinking water.
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irrigate land
Between the 1940s and the 1970s, various projects were developed to irrigate land.
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Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, freshwater springs, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.
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A problem throughout the valley occurred as farmers irrigated land, which dropped the water table and caused alkali in the soil to rise.
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As of 2009, irrigated land covers 3,800 km.
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Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, rivers, intermittent rivers, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, ponds, irrigated land, and canals and ditches.
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Translations:
Chinese: 灌溉
Japanese: 灌漑する
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