单词 | irrigate |
释义 | irrigate —irrigator, n. /ir"i gayt'/, v.t., irrigated, irrigating. 1. to supply (land) with water by artificial means, as by diverting streams, flooding, or spraying. 2. Med. to supply or wash (an orifice, wound, etc.) with a spray or a flow of some liquid. 3. to moisten; wet. [1605-15; < L irrigatus, ptp. of irrigare to wet, flood, nourish with water, equiv. to ir- IR-1 + riga- (s. of rigare to provide with water, soak) + -tus ptp. suffix] |
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