vt. 使充满, 使拥塞, 使充血vi. 充塞, 充血, 拥挤

◆记忆方法一：
词根词缀记忆法：congest v 充满，拥挤（con共同+gest→带到一起→拥挤）,gest,gister=carry,bring,表示“带来，产生”

eat/food/diet/appetite/nutrition/nutritious/digest/congest/suggest/indicate
记忆：
1. eat [ i:t ] v. 吃(eat, ate, eaten) We eat to live rather than live to eat.我们吃是为了生存，不是生存为了吃。
2. food [ fu:d ] n. 食物, 养料 Short of food, some Africans die every year.由于食物缺乏，每年非洲有人饿死。
3. diet [ 5daiEt] die, 死，diet, 没有它就会死，n. 饮食 We must keep a healthy diets.我们要养成健康的饮食习惯。
4. appetite [ 5Apitait ] ap-pet-ite pet,宠物，爱好， n. 爱好，食欲, 胃口, 欲望 I have no appetite for fat meat.我不想吃肥肉。
5. nutrition [ nju:5triFEn ] nut-ri-tion nut, 坚果，核桃；ri, 里；地球人都知道，核桃里富含营养 n. 营养, 营养学 Attention should be paid to both taste and nutrition.既要注意味道，又要注意营养。
6. nutritious [nju:5trIFEs] adj. 有营养成分的, 营养的 Children should have a nutritious diet. 孩子们应该吃营养丰富的东西。
7. stomach [ 5stQmEk ] sto-ma-ch sto-, store,储存；ma,音“美”；ch, 吃，stomach, 储存美食的地方，n. 胃, 胃口, 胃部 How many stomachs do you know a cow has?你知道牛有多少个胃子吗？
8. 词根gest [ dVest ]表示“放”di-, 音“底”，digest [ di5dVest; dai5dVest] 放底，放下来，v. 消化n. 分类, 摘要 The stomach acid helps digest what we eat.胃酸有助于消化我们吃的东西。
9. con- 表示“一起”， congest [ kEn5dVest ] 放在一起，vt. 充塞, 充血, 拥挤 The devoted followers congested the cathedral. 那些忠实的信徒们聚集在大教堂里。
10. congestion [ kEn5dVestFEn ] n. 拥塞, 充血 I’m afraid there is a congestion in your left arm. 恐怕你的左臂上有一些淤血。
11. sug-, sub-， 在……下面，suggest [ sE5dVest ] 在……下面放，vt. 建议, 暗示 He suggested there be a conference to discuss it.他提议开个会来讨论一下这个问题。
12. suggestion [ sE5dVestFEn ] n. 建议, 暗示 I’ve read the suggestion in his face that he was unwilling to give the chance up.从他的脸上我知道他不愿放弃这个机会。
13. indicate [ 5indikeit ] in-dic-ate in, 里面，内部；dic, 话语；-ate为动词后缀；indicate, 里面传出话语，vt. 指出, 显示, 暗示 The notice indicates that a VIP will come to the school before long.通知说有位重要人土不久要到学校来。
另类阅读：
The hunter had a oily diet. He just now shot a deer again that ate some food and blood flooded out of its head. He had no pity on it. He just thought of the ways to help digest its delicious meat.