| 单词 | calorie |
| 释义 | caloriecalorie /ˈkæləri/ ●●○ S3 noun [countable] 1science a unit for measuring the amount of energy a particular food will produce: An average potato has about 90 calories. A long walk will help you burn off a few calories (=control your weight by using the energy from the food you have eaten). My wife finally convinced me to start counting calories (=trying to control my weight by calculating the number of calories I eat).2 (also small calorie) (written abbreviation cal) science, chemistry the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius3 (also large calorie) (written abbreviation Cal) science, chemistry the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius SYN kilocalorie [Origin: 1800–1900 French, Latin calor heat] |
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