| 单词 | irrigate |
| 释义 | irrigate[ ir-i-geyt ] / ˈɪr ɪˌgeɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR irrigate ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing.to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying. Medicine/Medical. to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid. to moisten; wet. Origin of irrigate1605–15; <Latin irrigātus, past participle of irrigāre to wet, flood, nourish with water, equivalent to ir-ir-1 + rigā- (stem of rigāre to provide with water, soak) + -tus past participle suffix OTHER WORDS FROM irrigateWords nearby irrigateirreverent, irreversible, irreversible pulpitis, irrevocable, irrigable, irrigate, irrigation, irrigative, irriguous, irritability, irritable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for irrigateBritish Dictionary definitions for irrigateirrigate / (ˈɪrɪˌɡeɪt) / verbto supply (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops med to bathe or wash out a bodily part, cavity, or wound (tr) to make fertile, fresh, or vital by or as if by watering Derived forms of irrigateirrigable, adjectiveirrigation, nounirrigational or irrigative, adjectiveirrigator, nounWord Origin for irrigateC17: from Latin irrigāre, from rigāre to moisten, conduct water Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for irrigateirrigate [ ĭr′ĭ-gāt′ ] v.To wash out a cavity or wound with a fluid. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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