digestion
noun /daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, /dɪˈdʒestʃən/
- [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。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
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- 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.
她消化能力很差。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- good
- poor
- have
- aid
- help
- …
- to have a good/poor digestion
- [uncountable] (chemistry
化学 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。
- Food and animal waste will be processed via anaerobic digestion to produce biogas for energy or fertilizer.
词源late Middle English: via Old French from Latin digestio(n-), from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.