1866, from French calorie, from Latin calor (genitive caloris) "heat," from PIE *kle-os-, suffixed form of root *kele- (1) "warm" (cognates: Latin calidus "warm," calere "be hot;" Sanskrit carad- "harvest," literally "hot time;" Lithuanian silti "become warm," silus "August;" Old Norse hl?r, Old English hleow "warm").
In scientific use, largely replaced 1950 by the joule. As a unit of energy, defined as "heat required to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius" (the small or gram calorie), but also as "heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius" (the large calorie or kilocalorie).
雙語例句
1. Nutritionists say only 33% of our calorie intake should be from fat.
營養學家說我們所攝入的卡路里中只應有33％來自脂肪。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Reduced-calorie cheese is a great substitute for cream cheese.
低卡路里干酪是奶油干酪的極佳替代品。
來自柯林斯例句
3. a calorie-controlled diet for slimmers
控制熱量的減肥食譜
來自《權威詞典》
4. A glass or two of wine will not significantly add to the calorie count.
喝一兩杯葡萄酒不會增加多少熱量。
來自柯林斯例句
5. There seems to be little difference whether you eat all your calorie allowance in one go, or spread it over the day.