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digest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Food
di·gest1 /daɪˈdʒest, də-/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  1 HBDFto change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use 消化〔食物〕 Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily. 大多数婴儿能轻易地消化很多种食物。 ingest2 UNDERSTANDto understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is difficult to understand 理解,领悟,消化〔尤指大量新信息或难以理解的信息〕 SYN take in I struggled to digest the news. 我费力地琢磨着那条新闻。
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digestBy the end of the day, I had a lot of new information to digest.Whole grains are higher in fiber than processed grains, making them harder to digest.You shouldn't go swimming until your food has had a chance to digest.Pasta contains complex carbohydrates so takes time to be digested.In the most organic, visceral way possible they now felt bonded with utter intimacy to their Chapter, digested by it.Some babies can't digest cow's milk.He could describe how insects digest food and how thunderstorms happened.The volume of documentation that must be digested is staggering.Yogurt is a good source of calcium for anyone, but especially good for people who have trouble digesting milk.They need time to digest radical change, otherwise their immediate reaction is negative.The pub went silent as the villagers digested the news.It took a while to digest the theory.Athletes such as Boris Becker are fans of the fruit because it is easily digested to provide an instant energy high.
Related topics: Literature
di·gest2 /ˈdaɪdʒest/ noun [countable]  SUMMARIZEa short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc 摘要,概要,文摘
Examples from the Corpus
digestIf you'd rather receive your mail in large batches than have it trickle through, request a digest where available.Most providers provide archive and digest service for the customer mailing list.The figures came in Social Trends, the official annual digest of facts and figures about life in Britain.Many of these works contain important statistical material, but there exist also many purely statistical digests and collections.
Origin digest1 (1300-1400) Latin digestus, past participle of digerere to carry apart, arrange, digest
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digest1 /daɪˈdʒest, də-/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Latin
 Origin: digestus, past participle of digerere 'to carry apart, arrange, digest'
1. to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use:
    Most babies can digest a wide range of food easily.ingest
2. to understand new information, especially when there is a lot of it or it is difficult to understand
   SYN  take in:
    I struggled to digest the news.

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digest2 /ˈdaɪdʒest/ noun [countable]
a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report etc


di·gest verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they digest BrE /daɪˈdʒest/ 🔊 NAmE /daɪˈdʒest/ 🔊 BrE /ˈdʒest/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈdʒest/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it digests BrE /daɪˈdʒests/ 🔊 NAmE /daɪˈdʒests/ 🔊 BrE /dɪˈdʒests/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈdʒests/ 🔊past simple digested BrE /daɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /daɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 BrE /dɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊past participle digested BrE /daɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /daɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 BrE /dɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 -ing form digesting BrE /daɪˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /daɪˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊 BrE /dɪˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /dɪˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊BrE /daɪˈdʒest/ 🔊NAmE /daɪˈdʒest/ 🔊BrE /ˈdʒest/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdʒest/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) when you digest food, or it digests, it is changed into substances that your body can use 消化Humans cannot digest plants such as grass. 人不能消化草类植物。🔊🔊You should allow a little time after a meal for the food to digest. 饭后你应该留点时间让食物消化。🔊🔊

binge, calorie, diet, digest, eat, fattening, food, meal, restaurant, taste

[transitive] ~ sth to think about sth so that you fully understand it 领会;领悟;理解He paused, waiting for her to digest the information. 他停了一会儿,等她慢慢领会这一信息。🔊🔊
di·gest nounBrE /ˈdaɪdʒest/ 🔊NAmE /ˈdaɪdʒest/ 🔊a short report containing the most important facts of a longer report or piece of writing; a collection of short reports 摘要;概要;文摘;汇编a monthly news digest每月新闻摘要