Digestive describes things that belong to the work of breaking food down in the body: the digestive system, digestive juices, a digestive problem. It is a straightforward, slightly school-and-clinic adjective; biology teachers and doctors use it all the time.

Digestive describes things that belong to the work of breaking food down in the bodydigestive 用來形容跟身體把食物分解這件事有關的東西：the digestive system, digestive juices, a digestive problem像是 digestive system（消化系統）、digestive juices（消化液）、a digestive problem（消化方面的問題）。 It is a straightforward, slightly school-and-clinic adjective這是一個直白、有點課本和診間味道的形容詞；biology teachers and doctors use it all the time生物老師和醫生一直都在用它。

Though actually, the word has another everyday life in British English: a digestive is a kind of plain wheat biscuit, often eaten with tea. That noun use is ordinary in the UK and much less common in American English.

Though actually不過其實， the word has another everyday life in British English這個字在英式英語裡還有另一個日常用法：a digestive is a kind of plain wheat biscuita digestive 是一種樸素的全麥餅乾， often eaten with tea常常配茶吃。 That noun use is ordinary in the UK這種名詞用法在英國很常見 and much less common in American English在美式英語裡就少見多了。

The same French root also gave English digestif, a drink people take after a meal to help the stomach. Digestive and digestif are doublets — two words from the same ancestor that drifted apart.

The same French root also gave English digestif同一個法文字根也給了英語 digestif 這個字， a drink people take after a meal to help the stomach是一種飯後喝來幫助腸胃的飲料。 Digestive and digestif are doubletsDigestive 和 digestif 是一對「同源詞」（doublets）——two words from the same ancestor that drifted apart兩個字來自同一個祖先，後來分道揚鑣。

In this entry the home meaning is the body one: connected with digestion.

In this entry在這個詞條裡 the home meaning is the body one主要的意思是身體那個：connected with digestion跟消化有關。