di·ges·tion
noun/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
- [uncountable] the process of digesting food
消化 - Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion.
蔬菜通常煮熟以帮助消化。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
- …
- Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion.
- [countable, usually singular] the ability to digest food
消化能力 - to have a good/poor digestion
消化能力强/弱 - She's got very poor digestion.
她的消化能力很差。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
- …
- to have a good/poor digestion
- [uncountable] (chemistry) the process by which a substance breaks down when treated with heat, enzymes or a solvent (1)
消化 - Food and animal waste will be processed via anaerobic digestion to produce biogas for energy or fertilizer.
食物和动物废物将通过厌氧消化进行处理,产生用于能源或肥料的沼气。 - At the digestion plant, expired food is placed in tanks and digested by bacteria that thrive without oxygen.
在消化工厂,过期的食物被放入罐中,并被在没有氧气的情况下繁殖的细菌消化。
- Food and animal waste will be processed via anaerobic digestion to produce biogas for energy or fertilizer.
Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin digestio(n-), from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.