| 单词 | calorific |
| 释义 | calorific (once / 41913 pages) adj Calorific is a good word for describing something that generates heat. A motorcycle race can be calorific in at least two ways: The engines get burning hot, and watching the race can make you burn with excitement. In today's diet-obsessed world, you'd be forgiven for thinking that calorific means "filled with calories." In fact, when you do something calorific you don't load up on calories; you get rid of them. Say you drink a bottle of soda and then jump on the treadmill. All those calories you just poured down your throat? You're burning them up, turning them into heat. Running is a calorific activity. And a sweaty one. WORD FAMILYcalorific USAGE EXAMPLESEven if it was reclassified, Nutella would still be twice as calorific as most jams, which contain around 50 calories per tablespoon. BBC(Nov 03, 2016) When the presenter points out it's actually well over one euro, Mr Cope jokingly responds that he doesn't buy them often because they're too calorific. BBC(Oct 24, 2016) Modern sedentary, high calorific life styles are certainly not helping. BBC(Sep 26, 2016) adj heat-generating the calorific properties of fuels Syn hot used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning |
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