irrigating
present participle ofirrigate
| 单词 | irrigating |
| 释义 | irrigating present participle ofirrigate irrigate verb[T] uk/ˈɪr.ɪ.ɡeɪt/us/ˈɪr.ə.ɡeɪt/irrigateverb[T](SUPPLY WATER)tosupplylandwithwaterso thatcropsandplantswillgrow: irrigatedland/fields Improving fertility & pest control
irrigateverb[T](WASH)medicalspecialized towashaninjuredpartof a person'sbody,especiallyacut, with aflowofliquid Medicines & drugs: preventing infection
Examplesofirrigatingirrigating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Seventeen users reportedirrigatingat least twice a week. From theCambridge English Corpus We ask whether the process ofirrigatinglowland farms subsequently reduced pressure on adjacent upland forests. From theCambridge English Corpus The sunfish were revived byirrigatingthe gills with fresh aquarium water. From theCambridge English Corpus Byirrigatingmore on hot days and less on cool days, less water can be used to produce higher yields. From theCambridge English Corpus Plants were grown under nutritional stresses induced byirrigatingsubsets of the plants with 100, 50, 25, or 10 % of a standard nutrient solution. From theCambridge English Corpus This was the use of 1.5 liter plastic bottles forirrigatingtomatoes. From theCambridge English Corpus Labour data related to land preparation, manure incorporation, fertilizer application,irrigating, planting, weeding and harvesting was obtained through recall methods during far mer participatory meetings. From theCambridge English Corpus This typically involves adding appropriate amounts of water (irrigating) and nutrients (fertilizing), and maximizing substrate-microbe contact (periodic tilling) to further stimulate microbial activity and contaminant degradation. From theCambridge English Corpus The most frequent activity wasirrigating. From theCambridge English Corpus In most developed countriesirrigatingwastes on to nearby land ceased early this century in favour of engineered solutions such as the activated sludge process. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sooner or later we shall be able to distil sea water into fresh water for the purpose ofirrigatingdeserts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that where there are wounds they can best be cured by opening them up and letting the air into them andirrigatingthem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Vast grain storage schemes have been put up, and some farmers have entered into enormousirrigatingschemes, sometimes costing £5,000 or £6,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They wereirrigating, running with buckets of water slung on a carrier over the shoulders. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have spent millions inirrigatingthe desert to grow cotton. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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