digest 词根 gest

digest  /ˈdaɪdʒest/:

to change food that you have just eaten into substances that your body can use; or to understand new information, especially when there is  a lot of it or it is difficult to understand.
a short piece of writing that gives the most important facts from a book, report. (读者文摘  reader digest)

词根  ger gest 同源异形根。  to carry

belligerent  /bəˈlɪdʒərənt/ : bell 战争,ger 运送,-ent 的,  从事战争的

belligerent countries 交战国
eager to be at war 好战的 a belligerent nation

suggest : sug(-sub)在下面 gest 送, 从下面呈上to bring up for consideration

建议  暗示 introduce indirectly propose

gesture :-ure 动作  an act carry information

手势 

gestation: -ation 表行为状况,the condition of carrying young inside the body

怀孕期

ingest: -in (into 入) to carry food into the body

咽入 吸收, swallow absorb

congest : con(-com)=together 一起, to carry together

堆积,使拥挤 heap up, cause to be crowded 
the street  are often congested on sundays.

   

from 《english roots and how to use them to decipher their derivatives》

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