digestion

noun

/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/

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[uncountable] the process of digesting food消化
- Vegetables are usually cooked to aid digestion.蔬菜通常用来帮助消化。
compare indigestionTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Biologyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
- poor
verb + digestion
- have
- aid
- help
- …
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[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.她消化能力很差。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- good
- poor
verb + digestion
- have
- aid
- help
- …
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[uncountable] (chemistry化学) 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处理，产生沼气作为能源或肥料。
- At the digestion plant, expired food is placed in tanks and digested by bacteria that thrive without oxygen. 在消化工厂，过期的食物被放在罐子里，被无氧生长的细菌消化。

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin digestio(n-), from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.