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单词 digest
释义
digest
Word forms: digests, digesting , digested pronunciation note:   The verb is pronounced (daɪdʒest ). The noun is pronounced (ddʒest ).
1. verb
When food digests or when you digest it, it passes through your body to your stomach. Your stomach removes the substances that your body needs and gets rid of the rest.
Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest. [VERB]
She couldn't digest food properly. [VERB noun]
Nutrients from the digested food can be absorbed into the blood. [VERB-ed]
Synonyms: ingest, absorb, incorporate, dissolve  
2. verb
If you digest information, you think about it carefully so that you understand it.
They learn well but seem to need time to digest information. [VERB noun]
She read everything, digesting every fragment of news. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: take in, master, absorb, grasp  
3. verb
If you digest some unpleasant news, you think about it until you are able to accept it and know how to deal with it.
All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all. [VERB noun]
4. countable noun
A digest is a collection of pieces of writing. They are published together in a shorter form than they were originally published.
The organization publishes a regular digest of environmental statistics.
...the Middle East Economic Digest.
Synonyms: summary, résumé, abstract, epitome  
Collocations:
digest a meal
Why not eat breakfast at 7.30am, which will give you more than an hour to digest your meal if you choose to exercise at 9am.
Times, Sunday Times
Having a sugary drink increased the amount of energy used to digest the meal but was not enough to compensate for the drink's extra calories.
The Sun
The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal.
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It dilutes the acid in the stomach [that digests the meal].
Times, Sunday Times
As has been shown for some other caterpillars, eastern tent caterpillars are capable of generating a small amount of metabolic heat while they digest their meals.
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digest easily
You only eat food the human body can digest easily.
Times, Sunday Times
Leaves, their main food source, provide very little energy or nutrients, and do not digest easily.
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He survived several attacks on his life and this could not be digested easily by the aspiring dons.
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digest food
The treatment targets an enzyme that the cells use to digest food.
The Sun (2016)
Victims suffer agonising inflammation and ulcers anywhere from the mouth to intestine and cannot digest food properly.
The Sun (2006)
It is essential for digesting food, supporting the immune system, protecting the gut and maintaining a healthy weight.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
digest information
This makes it more difficult for people to digest the information.
Christianity Today (2000)
They learn well but seem to need time to digest information.
Standen, Chris Superdog! Action plans that work for a happy and well-behaved pet (1990)
Hagi seemed to be taking his time digesting the information, and by the vinegary expression on his face it seemed to have given him wind.
Dobbs, Michael THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS (2001)
digest slowly
In other words, carbs which our bodies digest slowly and gradually.
The Sun
In other words, ones that are digested slowly and help to keep bloodsugar levels steady.
Times, Sunday Times
And make it something that can be digested slowly, like a bowl of sugarfree muesli, porridge or boiled eggs with toast.
The Sun
As these carbohydrates are digested slowly, they stimulate only a small rise in insulin after eating, helping to lower overall insulin production.
Times, Sunday Times
All are digested slowly, giving a steady release of energy.
Times, Sunday Times
Translations:
Chinese: 消化, 文摘
Japanese: 消化する, ダイジェスト
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