irrigated
灌漑された
解説 Definition
irrigated は irrigate（灌漑する、水を引く）の過去形・過去分詞で、形容詞として「灌漑された」という意味です。農地や畑などに人工的に水が供給されている状態を表します。
Irrigated describes land, fields, or crops that have been supplied with water by artificial means, such as channels, pipes, or sprinklers, rather than depending entirely on rainfall.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 irrigate の語末の e を落として -ed を付けた形で、発音は /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtɪd/。形容詞では irrigated field / land / farm のように、雨任せでなく水路や設備で人工的に水を供給された土地を表す。対比語 rain-fed と組で覚えると用途が明確になる。
Build irrigated from the verb irrigate: drop the final e and add -ed. Because irrigate ends in a /t/ sound, the ending is pronounced as an extra syllable, /ɪd/. Picture an irrigated field receiving water through canals, pipes, or sprinklers during a dry season. The contrast with rain-fed land is especially useful: irrigated land receives water through human-made systems, while rain-fed land depends on natural rainfall. Common combinations include irrigated field, irrigated land, irrigated farm, and irrigated agriculture.
例文
The irrigated field stayed green through the dry season.
灌漑された畑は乾季の間も緑を保っていました。
Rice grows well in irrigated land.
米は灌漑された土地でよく育ちます。
The report compared irrigated farms with farms that depend on rain.
その報告書は灌漑された農場と雨に頼る農場を比較しました。
irrigated の類義語・関連語
irrigated の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 irrigare「水を引き入れる」に由来し、ir-（in-「中へ」）+ rigare「水をやる」でできています。畑へ水を導く発想から「灌漑された」となり、irrigation・irrigate が関連語です。
Irrigated is the past-participle form of irrigate, used here adjectivally. Irrigate comes from Latin irrigare, “to bring water to” or “water,” formed with in-, meaning “into or upon,” assimilated to ir-, and rigare, “to water.” The same base appears in irrigation, the noun for the controlled supply of water to land or crops.
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