- 1消化的、與消化有關的（digestive system＝消化系統）。英式英語裡 digestive 也可指一種全麥餅乾，台灣商店有時就叫消化餅。
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. Though actually, the word has another everyday life in British English: a digestive is a kind of plain wheat , often eaten with tea. That noun use is ordinary in the UK and much less common in American English. The same French root also gave English digestif, a drink people take after a meal to help the stomach. Digestive and digestif are — two words from the same that drifted apart. In this entry the home meaning is the body one: connected with .
From the word’s history
From Old French digestif, from Late Latin dīgestīvus; doublet of digestif.
經古法文 digestif 來自晚期拉丁文 dīgestīvus。
組成From Old French digestif, from Late Latin digestivus. Doublet of digestif. Built on the same digest family.
同家族的字
- digestthe verb at the root of the family
- digestionthe noun: the process itself
- digestibleable to be broken down
- digestifthe French-derived drink after a meal; a doublet of this word
- indigestionwhen that process is going badly
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digestiveadj/daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/
- 1
Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
- 2
That causes or promotes digestion.
- While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.
digestivenoun/daɪˈdʒɛstɪv/
- 1
A substance that aids digestion.
- 2
A digestive biscuit.
- I bought a packet of chocolate digestives.
- I made a mistake and bought plain digestives instead of chocolate ones.
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