| 单词 | irrigation |
| 释义 | irrigation (once / 1639 pages) n Irrigation is the watering of land to make it ready for agriculture. If you want to start a strawberry farm in the desert, irrigation will be necessary. Irrigation comes from the Latin for "moist" or "wet," but it means the purposeful wetting of something. We wouldn’t really say that a storm provides irrigation (unless we were poetically trying to personify the storm). Irrigation systems are often complex combinations of canals, channels, and hoses. The word irrigation is also used in medicine to describe the process of washing out a wound before dressing it. WORD FAMILYirrigation: irrigations+/irrigate: irrigated, irrigates, irrigating, irrigation USAGE EXAMPLESA bypass channel for the irrigation dam would be built near the Montana-North Dakota border to let endangered pallid sturgeon reach upstream spawning grounds. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Nesson Valley Irrigation Research Farm in North Dakota is in the middle of an eight-year research project on cropping systems and tillage practices. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) He operated an irrigation manufacturing company with his family until 1966, when he successfully ran for Congress at age 40 despite no political experience. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc Hyper provision, supply, supplying the activity of supplying or providing something 2n (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution Hypo|Hyper eye-drop, eyedrop a method of irrigating the eye used by ophthalmologists doucheirrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents clyster, enemaan injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes lavagewashing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water adrenergic agonist eyedropa treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops reduce intraocular pressure by decreasing the production of aqueous humor and increasing its drainage through the uveoscleral pathway beta blocker eyedropa treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops reduce intraocular pressure by reducing the production of aqueous humor miotic eyedropa treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor by constricting the pupil topical prostaglandin eyedropa treatment for glaucoma; the eyedrops increase the outflow of aqueous humor through the uveoscleral pathway colonic, colonic irrigationa water enema given to flush out the colon barium enemaenema in which a contrast medium (usually barium sulfate) is injected into the rectum and X-rays are taken to search for lesions gastric lavagewashing out the stomach with sterile water or a saltwater solution; removes blood or poisons medical aid, medical care professional treatment for illness or injury |
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