请输入您要查询的英文单词：

　

单词 digestive
释义

Trends of
digestive

View usage for:

digestive

(daɪdʒestɪv)
Word forms: plural digestives
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You can describe things that are related to the digestion of food as digestive.
...digestive juices that normally work on breaking down our food.
Peppermint oil is very good for regulating digestive disorders.
2. countable noun
A digestive or a digestive biscuit is a type of biscuit made from wholemeal flour.
[British, trademark]

digestive in British English

(dɪˈdʒɛstɪv, daɪ-)
adjective also: digestant
1. 
relating to, aiding, or subjecting to digestion
a digestive enzyme
noun
2.  a less common word for digestant
3.  short for digestive biscuit
Derived forms
digestively (diˈgestively)
adverb

digestive in American English

(dɪˈdʒɛstɪv)
adjective
1. 
of, for, or aiding digestion
noun
2. 
any substance or drink that aids digestion
Derived forms
digestively (diˈgestively)
adverb
digestiveness (diˈgestiveness)
noun
Word origin
ME & OFr digestif < L digestivus

Examples of 'digestive' in a sentence
digestive

They have the same calories and more than twice the fat of two digestive biscuits, which are way less expensive.
The Sun (2016)
The fibre in fruit and vegetables slows the digestive process.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She was feeding them digestive biscuits under the table.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Unusually for digestive enzymes it is produced in the gut.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Yet the potential role of friendly bacteria in promoting digestive health is becoming increasingly unassailable.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is one of the chemicals produced in the stomach to assist the digestive process.
Hanssen, Maurice & Marsden, Jill E For Additives (1987)
Put the digestive biscuits in a food processor and blitz into fine crumbs.
The Sun (2013)
Do you suffer from digestive health complaints?
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Extra energy is burnt after eating because of the increased activity of digestive enzymes and faster blood flow.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Scotland is claiming the digestive biscuit.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
So the body has no time to prepare for the influx of food with the production of stomach acid and digestive enzymes.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is very strange, this domination of our intellect by our digestive organs.
Jerome K. Jerome Three Men in a Boat (1889)
If your dog has a favourite food, take supplies with you to avoid digestive upsets.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
They can also assist in the production of bile, which helps with our digestive process.
The Sun (2015)
Add the digestive biscuits and sugar, then process again to make fine crumbs.
The Sun (2013)
We make fewer digestive enzymes the older we get, which makes larger meals harder to digest.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
A friend of one of the men was placing a packet of digestive biscuits on the spot.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
A digestive biscuit has as much salt as a chicken nugget or a fish finger.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They have no digestive organs.
Christy Campbell PHYLLOXERA: How Wine was Saved for the World (2004)
A variety of products are readily available from better health stores which contain all the digestive enzymes from plant sources.
Chaitow, Leon Bad Breath (1994)
He loves a digestive biscuit.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This can result from damage to the lining of the small intestine, or a reduction of digestive enzymes due to an intestinal infection.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)
A The pancreas is a gland near the stomach that produces important digestive enzymes.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The gut, particularly in its lower reaches, contains bacteria essential to digestive health.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Many M. E. people have digestive problems due to a lack of digestive enzymes and stomach acid.
MacIntyre, Anne M. E. Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome - How To Live With It (1989)

Word lists with
digestive

biscuit

In other languages
digestive

British English: digestive ADJECTIVE
You can describe things that are related to the digestion of food as digestive.
...digestive juices that normally work on breaking down our food.
  • American English: digestive
  • Brazilian Portuguese: digestivo
  • Chinese: 消化的
  • European Spanish: digestivo
  • French: digestif
  • German: Verdauungs-
  • Italian: digestivoprocesso
  • Japanese: 消化の
  • Korean: 소화의
  • European Portuguese: digestivo
  • Latin American Spanish: digestivo
随便看

　

英语词典包含298861条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。

　

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间：2025/3/14 11:18:07