irrigate
verb- 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. 这三条河流的水灌溉着旁遮普的平原。
- 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)
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin irrigat- ‘moistened’, from the verb irrigare, from in- ‘into’ + rigare ‘moisten, wet’.