Definition of indigestible in English:

indigestible

adjective ɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)lɪndʌɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)lˌɪndəˈdʒɛstəb(ə)l

1(of food) difficult or impossible to digest.
（食品）难消化的，不能消化的
haute cuisine was largely indigestible to the majority
Example sentencesExamples
- Technically, probiotics are indigestible starches that good bacteria feast on.
- Soaking beans not only cuts down on the cooking time (preserving nutrients) but it helps break down the indigestible sugars that can cause gas.
- The pellets are the indigestible portions of the heron's food.
- However, indigestible cellulose can be converted into sugars for use as food or as nutrients to grow yeasts, fungi, or plant cell cultures.
- Occasionally, cats eat grass in order to clear their stomach of indigestible food, like bones, fur, and feathers.
- Fiber, which is the indigestible part of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain foods, helps you achieve flat abs for three reasons.
- Phytase is an enzyme that breaks down phytate so that some of the previously indigestible phosphorus in feed can be digested.
- With only 44p spent per student lunch, pupils were too often dining on fatty, salty, indigestible rubbish.
- Sperm whales also produce ambergris, probably from waste coalescing around indigestible substances in the intestinal tract.
- It is a myth that goats will eat anything, however indigestible.
- One of the papers in Science reveals the genetics of a dominant gut bug that serves humans well by breaking down otherwise indigestible food.
- I found the heavy protein practically indigestible.
- In Asia it is well known that raw and unfermented soy beans are indigestible.
- Right now I am trapped in a cell which is beyond filthiness with indigestible food.
- Ice cream is particularly indigestible since it contains cold fat.
- Toasted cheese was even more indigestible and apt to cause nightmares.
- Foods that are ordinarily indigestible or even allergenic to deer may become daily menu items in situations of severe stress from weather or scarcity of other food.
- It's the indigestible crystalline starch apparently.
- This for me was very refreshing considering I had indigestible food for breakfast.
- But because most beans are indigestible unless cooked at high temperatures, a raw-food diet contains few of them.
Synonyms
starchy, filling, heavy, solid, substantial, lumpy, leaden
2Too complex or awkward to read or understand easily.
〈喻〉难以读懂的，难理解的
a turgid and indigestible book
一本浮夸且难以理解的书。
Example sentencesExamples
- The truth is perfectly clear and almost perfectly indigestible.
- He kept up to date by reading the papers and gorging on TV, digesting the indigestible.
- Far too many words for comfort, quite indiscriminately absorbed, and now forming a stodgy, indigestible mass in my short-term memory.
- A written constitution would replace the present mass of verbose and indigestible devolution legislation.
- He serves up vast helpings of indigestible fact.

Derivatives

indigestibility

noun ɪndɪdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtiɪndʌɪdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪndəˌdʒɛstəˈbɪlədi

Farmers can delay harvesting until conditions improve and suffer a drop of 0.5 units indigestibility for each day that harvesting is delayed after the grass has headed.
Example sentencesExamples
- Perhaps the screenplay is a little too clever for its own good, piling on so many jokes in each sequence, many of them visual, that a certain indigestibility kicks in.
- The very indigestibility of what was on show was salutary, requiring a constant reappraisal of reactions, criteria and prejudices.
- For many critics, the term ‘pastiche’ embodied the unacceptable indigestibility of stylistic mixing.
- Tannins act as feeding deterrents either because of their astringency (reduction in palatability) or indigestibility (protein binding characteristics).

indigestibly

adverb

As you can see, it gets perilously dense, but never indigestibly campy.
Example sentencesExamples
- Coming from almost anyone else, such a line would be indigestibly cocky; from him, it's a welcome counterpoint to his humility.
- It was also true that American English seemed a less élitist, more democratic vehicle of expression than their own indigestibly classical texts.
- These factors caused utility cost-of-service-based rates to be, from a political standpoint, indigestibly high.
- The prose in this book is well-written and easy to read, a blessing given how indigestibly ponderous most textbooks are.

Origin

Late 15th century: via French from late Latin indigestibilis, from in- 'not' + digestibilis (see digestible).

Definition of indigestible in US English:

indigestible

adjectiveˌɪndəˈdʒɛstəb(ə)lˌindəˈjestəb(ə)l

1(of food) difficult or impossible to digest.
（食品）难消化的，不能消化的
Example sentencesExamples
- Toasted cheese was even more indigestible and apt to cause nightmares.
- Occasionally, cats eat grass in order to clear their stomach of indigestible food, like bones, fur, and feathers.
- One of the papers in Science reveals the genetics of a dominant gut bug that serves humans well by breaking down otherwise indigestible food.
- Fiber, which is the indigestible part of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain foods, helps you achieve flat abs for three reasons.
- Foods that are ordinarily indigestible or even allergenic to deer may become daily menu items in situations of severe stress from weather or scarcity of other food.
- Phytase is an enzyme that breaks down phytate so that some of the previously indigestible phosphorus in feed can be digested.
- With only 44p spent per student lunch, pupils were too often dining on fatty, salty, indigestible rubbish.
- But because most beans are indigestible unless cooked at high temperatures, a raw-food diet contains few of them.
- Technically, probiotics are indigestible starches that good bacteria feast on.
- The pellets are the indigestible portions of the heron's food.
- I found the heavy protein practically indigestible.
- It is a myth that goats will eat anything, however indigestible.
- It's the indigestible crystalline starch apparently.
- However, indigestible cellulose can be converted into sugars for use as food or as nutrients to grow yeasts, fungi, or plant cell cultures.
- This for me was very refreshing considering I had indigestible food for breakfast.
- Sperm whales also produce ambergris, probably from waste coalescing around indigestible substances in the intestinal tract.
- Ice cream is particularly indigestible since it contains cold fat.
- Right now I am trapped in a cell which is beyond filthiness with indigestible food.
- In Asia it is well known that raw and unfermented soy beans are indigestible.
- Soaking beans not only cuts down on the cooking time (preserving nutrients) but it helps break down the indigestible sugars that can cause gas.
Synonyms
starchy, filling, heavy, solid, substantial, lumpy, leaden
2Too complex or awkward to read or understand easily.
〈喻〉难以读懂的，难理解的
a turgid and indigestible book
一本浮夸且难以理解的书。
Example sentencesExamples
- He serves up vast helpings of indigestible fact.
- The truth is perfectly clear and almost perfectly indigestible.
- Far too many words for comfort, quite indiscriminately absorbed, and now forming a stodgy, indigestible mass in my short-term memory.
- A written constitution would replace the present mass of verbose and indigestible devolution legislation.
- He kept up to date by reading the papers and gorging on TV, digesting the indigestible.

Origin

Late 15th century: via French from late Latin indigestibilis, from in- ‘not’ + digestibilis (see digestible).

词汇	indigestible
释义	Definition of indigestible in English: indigestible adjective ɪndɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)lɪndʌɪˈdʒɛstɪb(ə)lˌɪndəˈdʒɛstəb(ə)l 1(of food) difficult or impossible to digest. （食品）难消化的，不能消化的 haute cuisine was largely indigestible to the majority Example sentencesExamples Technically, probiotics are indigestible starches that good bacteria feast on. Soaking beans not only cuts down on the cooking time (preserving nutrients) but it helps break down the indigestible sugars that can cause gas. The pellets are the indigestible portions of the heron's food. However, indigestible cellulose can be converted into sugars for use as food or as nutrients to grow yeasts, fungi, or plant cell cultures. Occasionally, cats eat grass in order to clear their stomach of indigestible food, like bones, fur, and feathers. Fiber, which is the indigestible part of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain foods, helps you achieve flat abs for three reasons. Phytase is an enzyme that breaks down phytate so that some of the previously indigestible phosphorus in feed can be digested. With only 44p spent per student lunch, pupils were too often dining on fatty, salty, indigestible rubbish. Sperm whales also produce ambergris, probably from waste coalescing around indigestible substances in the intestinal tract. It is a myth that goats will eat anything, however indigestible. One of the papers in Science reveals the genetics of a dominant gut bug that serves humans well by breaking down otherwise indigestible food. I found the heavy protein practically indigestible. In Asia it is well known that raw and unfermented soy beans are indigestible. Right now I am trapped in a cell which is beyond filthiness with indigestible food. Ice cream is particularly indigestible since it contains cold fat. Toasted cheese was even more indigestible and apt to cause nightmares. Foods that are ordinarily indigestible or even allergenic to deer may become daily menu items in situations of severe stress from weather or scarcity of other food. It's the indigestible crystalline starch apparently. This for me was very refreshing considering I had indigestible food for breakfast. But because most beans are indigestible unless cooked at high temperatures, a raw-food diet contains few of them. Synonyms starchy, filling, heavy, solid, substantial, lumpy, leaden 2Too complex or awkward to read or understand easily. 〈喻〉难以读懂的，难理解的 a turgid and indigestible book 一本浮夸且难以理解的书。 Example sentencesExamples The truth is perfectly clear and almost perfectly indigestible. He kept up to date by reading the papers and gorging on TV, digesting the indigestible. Far too many words for comfort, quite indiscriminately absorbed, and now forming a stodgy, indigestible mass in my short-term memory. A written constitution would replace the present mass of verbose and indigestible devolution legislation. He serves up vast helpings of indigestible fact. Derivatives indigestibility noun ɪndɪdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtiɪndʌɪdʒɛstɪˈbɪlɪtiˌɪndəˌdʒɛstəˈbɪlədi Farmers can delay harvesting until conditions improve and suffer a drop of 0.5 units indigestibility for each day that harvesting is delayed after the grass has headed. Example sentencesExamples Perhaps the screenplay is a little too clever for its own good, piling on so many jokes in each sequence, many of them visual, that a certain indigestibility kicks in. The very indigestibility of what was on show was salutary, requiring a constant reappraisal of reactions, criteria and prejudices. For many critics, the term ‘pastiche’ embodied the unacceptable indigestibility of stylistic mixing. Tannins act as feeding deterrents either because of their astringency (reduction in palatability) or indigestibility (protein binding characteristics). indigestibly adverb As you can see, it gets perilously dense, but never indigestibly campy. Example sentencesExamples Coming from almost anyone else, such a line would be indigestibly cocky; from him, it's a welcome counterpoint to his humility. It was also true that American English seemed a less élitist, more democratic vehicle of expression than their own indigestibly classical texts. These factors caused utility cost-of-service-based rates to be, from a political standpoint, indigestibly high. The prose in this book is well-written and easy to read, a blessing given how indigestibly ponderous most textbooks are. Origin Late 15th century: via French from late Latin indigestibilis, from in- 'not' + digestibilis (see digestible). Definition of indigestible in US English: indigestible adjectiveˌɪndəˈdʒɛstəb(ə)lˌindəˈjestəb(ə)l 1(of food) difficult or impossible to digest. （食品）难消化的，不能消化的 Example sentencesExamples Toasted cheese was even more indigestible and apt to cause nightmares. Occasionally, cats eat grass in order to clear their stomach of indigestible food, like bones, fur, and feathers. One of the papers in Science reveals the genetics of a dominant gut bug that serves humans well by breaking down otherwise indigestible food. Fiber, which is the indigestible part of fruits, vegetables and whole-grain foods, helps you achieve flat abs for three reasons. Foods that are ordinarily indigestible or even allergenic to deer may become daily menu items in situations of severe stress from weather or scarcity of other food. Phytase is an enzyme that breaks down phytate so that some of the previously indigestible phosphorus in feed can be digested. With only 44p spent per student lunch, pupils were too often dining on fatty, salty, indigestible rubbish. But because most beans are indigestible unless cooked at high temperatures, a raw-food diet contains few of them. Technically, probiotics are indigestible starches that good bacteria feast on. The pellets are the indigestible portions of the heron's food. I found the heavy protein practically indigestible. It is a myth that goats will eat anything, however indigestible. It's the indigestible crystalline starch apparently. However, indigestible cellulose can be converted into sugars for use as food or as nutrients to grow yeasts, fungi, or plant cell cultures. This for me was very refreshing considering I had indigestible food for breakfast. Sperm whales also produce ambergris, probably from waste coalescing around indigestible substances in the intestinal tract. Ice cream is particularly indigestible since it contains cold fat. Right now I am trapped in a cell which is beyond filthiness with indigestible food. In Asia it is well known that raw and unfermented soy beans are indigestible. Soaking beans not only cuts down on the cooking time (preserving nutrients) but it helps break down the indigestible sugars that can cause gas. Synonyms starchy, filling, heavy, solid, substantial, lumpy, leaden 2Too complex or awkward to read or understand easily. 〈喻〉难以读懂的，难理解的 a turgid and indigestible book 一本浮夸且难以理解的书。 Example sentencesExamples He serves up vast helpings of indigestible fact. The truth is perfectly clear and almost perfectly indigestible. Far too many words for comfort, quite indiscriminately absorbed, and now forming a stodgy, indigestible mass in my short-term memory. A written constitution would replace the present mass of verbose and indigestible devolution legislation. He kept up to date by reading the papers and gorging on TV, digesting the indigestible. Origin Late 15th century: via French from late Latin indigestibilis, from in- ‘not’ + digestibilis (see digestible).
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