digest: [15] English took the verb digest from dīgest-, the past participle of Latin dīgerere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dī- ‘apart’ and gerere ‘carry’, and originally meant ‘divide, distribute’ – a sense which developed via ‘dissolve’ into the specifically physiological ‘dissolve and obtain nutrients from food in the body’.
A further semantic offshoot of ‘distribute’ was ‘orderly arrangement’, and in fact the earliest use of the word in English was as the noun digest ‘summary of information’ [14], from Latin dīgesta, the neuter plural of the past participle, literally ‘things arranged’. => congest, gesture, ingest
digest (n.)
"collection of writing," late 14c., from Latin digesta, from neuter plural of digestus, literally "digested thing," noun use of past participle of digerere "to separate, divide, arrange," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + gerere "to carry" (see gest).
digest (v.)
"assimilate food in bowels," late 14c., from Latin digestus (see digest (n.)). Related: Digested; digesting.
实用例句
1. The organization publishes a regular digest of environmental statistics.
该组织定期出版一份环境统计数据摘要。
来自柯林斯例句
2. All this has upset me. I need time to digest it all.
所以这些都让我心烦。我需要时间来慢慢接受这一切。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She couldn't digest food properly.
她无法正常消化食物。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Humans cannot digest plants such as grass.
人不能消化草类植物。
来自《权威词典》
5. It often takes a long time to digest new ideas.
