passage 22 Flashcards
specie
n: coins, especially those made of valuable metals
سکه
n2: strain: گونه
24 species of fish
irrigate
irrigation
v: to supply land with water so that crops and plants will grow:
آبیاری، آبیاری کردن
n: آبیاری
cotton
پنبه، نخ
ecological
ecology
adj: relating to ecology or the environment:
زیست محیطی
n: ecology : اکولوژی، بومشناسی
soil
n: the material on the surface of the ground in which plants grow:
حاک (کشاورزی)
n: the soil: the activity of farming:
pesticide
n: a chemical substance used to kill harmful insects, small animals, wild plants, and other unwanted organisms:
حشرهکش
dry up
p: If a river, lake, etc. dries up, the water in it disappears.
خشک شدن
mortality/mortal
mortal
mortally
noun: death, especially on a large scale.
مرگ و میر
adj: فانی، مرگ پذیر
adv: به طور کشندهای
flow out
بیرون ریختن
the former soviet union
دولت شوروی سابق
dam
earthen dam
n: سد، جلوگیر
v: build a dam across (a river or lake).
سد شدن\
earthen dam: سد خاکی، خشتی
drain
drainage/drain
drained / draining
v: cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry. remove liquid
خالی کردن، تخلیه کردن
v: to make someone very tired:
کوفته کردن
noun: drain on: something that uses more of your energy, money, or time than you want to give:
هزینه بر
Having a big mortgage is a real drain on your earnings.
noun: لوله ی فاضلاب
دریچه ی توی سینک
adj: drained: خیلی خسته
adj: draining: خسته کننده
evaporate
v: to cause a liquid to change to a gas, especially by heating:
تبخیر شدن، تبدیل از حالت مایع به گاز
v2: to disappear:
ناپدید شدن
compress
compressed
v: to press something into a smaller space:
فشرده کردن
adj: فشرده، متراکم
steam
n: the hot gas that is produced when water boils: بخار آب
emission
n: an amount of gas, heat, light, etc. that is sent out:
انتشار، صدور (بنزین، بخار و…)
a zero-emission car
practical
adj: relating to experience, real situations, or actions rather than ideas or imagination:
واقعبین، منطقی
adj: suitable for the situation in which something is used:
مناسب، مفید
compact
adj: closely and neatly packed together; dense.
متراکم، متمرکز