digest/daIˋdʒɛst; daIˈdʒest/v [T] 1 when you digest food, your stomach changes it into a form that your body can use 消化〔食物〕: Babies can’t digest the food that adults eat. 婴儿不能消化成人吃的食物。2 to understand new or difficult information after thinking about it 领悟﹐理解: It took us a while to digest the news. 我们过了一会儿才理解这条消息的含义。 —digestible adj