单词 | calorie |
释义 | calorie/ˈkaləri /noun (plural calories) 1Either of two units of heat energy:I feel a small fury begin to build, but inside I feel nothing, not a single calorie of heat....
1.1 (also small calorie , abbreviation cal) The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules). 1.2 (also large calorie , abbreviation Cal) The energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 °C, equal to one thousand small calories and often used to measure the energy value of foods.Donnelly speculates that women may burn fewer calories during their workouts because they are physically smaller than men....
OriginMid 19th century: from French, from Latin calor 'heat' + French suffix -ie (see -y3). Rhymes |
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