digesting

柯林斯詞典

動(dòng)詞讀作d??d??st。名詞讀作?da?d??st。

1. V-T/V-I 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. 消化
Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest. 飯後幾小時(shí)內(nèi)不要做劇烈運(yùn)動(dòng)，以讓食物消化。
She couldn't digest food properly. 她無法正常消化食物。
2. V-T If you digest information, you think about it carefully so that you understand it. 領(lǐng)會(huì)
They learn well but seem to need time to digest information. 他們學(xué)得很好，但似乎需要時(shí)間來喫透這些知識(shí)。
3. V-T If you digest some unpleasant news, you think about it until you are able to accept it and know how to deal with it. 承受 (壞消息)
All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all. 這一切讓我心煩意亂。我需要時(shí)間來承受。
4. N-COUNT A digest is a collection of pieces of writing. They are published together in a shorter form than they were originally published. 文摘
...the Middle East Economic Digest. …中東經(jīng)濟(jì)文摘。