digest

1、di- / dis- "apart" + gest- "carry".

digest 消化，文摘

dis-, 分开，散开。-gest,携带，含有，词源同ingest, gesture. 即带向不同方向，用于指消化，后也用于指文摘。

digest

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.

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。

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。

3. She couldn't digest food properly.

她无法正常消化食物。

4. Humans cannot digest plants such as grass.

人不能消化草类植物。

5. It often takes a long time to digest new ideas.

吸收新思想往往需要很长一段时间.

【abstract, summary, resume, digest, outline】
这组词都有“摘要、概要、概括”的意思，其区别是：
abstract: 指论文、书籍等正文前的内容摘要，尤指学术论文或法律文件的研究提要。
summary: 普通用词，指将书籍或文章等的内容，用寥寥数语作简明扼要的说明。
resume: 源于洁语，与summary极相近，通常可互换使用。
digest: 侧重对原文融汇贯通，重新谋篇布局，以简明扼要的语言，简短篇幅成文，展现原作精华。
outline: 指配以释议文字的提纲。

【incorporate, absorb, suck, digest】
这组词都有“吸收”的意思，其区别是：
incorporate: 指一物或多物与它物相融合，形成一整体。
absorb: 普通用词，词义广泛，既可指吸收光、热、液体等具体东西，又可指吸收知识等抽象概念的东西。
suck: 作“吸收”解时，可与absorb换用，但还可有“吮吸”之意。
digest: 侧重在消化道内改变食物的化学结构后被人体吸收。