;卡,卡路里(热量单位)Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories.
A glass of wine does have quite a lot of calories.
一杯葡萄酒的热量确实不低。
...calorie controlled diets.
控制热量的饮食
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cal·orie/ˈkæləri; NAmEˈkæləri/noun1a unit for measuring how much energy food will produce 大卡,千卡,卡路里(测量食物含多少热量的单位)◆No sugar for me, thanks—I'm counting my calories.我不要糖,谢谢。我在控制摄取的热量。◆a low-calorie drink/diet低热量的饮料╱饮食☞collocationsat
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2( technical 术语) a unit for measuring a quantity of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius 卡,卡路里(热量单位,或 1 克水升高 1 摄氏度时所需要的热量)caloriecaloriescal·orie/ˈkæləri; NAmEˈkæləri/
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caloriecal‧o‧rie /ˈkæləri/ ●●○ noun [countable]
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1a unit for measuring the amount of energy that food will produce: A potato has about 90 calories. a calorie-controlled dietlow-calorie/high-calorie a low-calorie snack I need to burn off a few calories (=lose some weight by exercising). My wife convinced me to finally start counting calories (=control my weight by being careful about what I eat).2 technical the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. It is used as a unit for measuring energy.—caloric /kəˈlɒrɪk, ˈkælərɪk $ kəˈlɔːrɪk/ adjectiveCOLLOCATIONSverbssomething has/contains calories· These yoghurts have approximately 90 calories per pot.count calories (=control your weight by eating fewer calories)· Women tend to count calories more than men.burn (up/off) calories (=use up the calories you have eaten)· Even walking will help you to burn up calories.adjectiveslow-calorie· She's on a low-calorie diet at the moment.high-calorie· High-calorie foods are usually fatty.be high/low in calories (=contain a lot of/few calories)· Sweets and chocolates are very high in calories.somebody's daily calories (=that someone eats every day)· Americans get 22% of their daily calories from snacks.empty calories (=that do not contain anything good for your body)· Sugary drinks are full of empty calories.calorie + NOUNcalorie intake (=the amount of calories someone eats)· There are several ways you can reduce your calorie intake.calorie content· Pizzas have a very high calorie content.
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