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digestion

noun
🔊/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, 🔊/dɪˈdʒestʃən/
🔊/daɪˈdʒestʃən/, 🔊/dɪˈdʒestʃən/
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  1. [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。
    compare indigestionTopics Cooking and eatingc1, Biologyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    • poor
    verb + digestion
    • have
    • aid
    • help
    • …
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  2. [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
    verb + digestion
    • have
    • aid
    • help
    • …
    See full entry
  3. [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.食品和动物粪便将通过厌氧消化处理，以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，将过期的食物放在水箱中，并在没有氧气的情况下迅速繁殖。
    4. Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French from Latin digestio(n-), from the verb digerere, from di- ‘apart’ + gerere ‘carry’.