calories
calories — noun
- caloriessingular
- caloriesesplural
1. units that measure how much energy a food or drink gives your body when you eat
units that measure how much energy a food or drink gives your body when you eat or drink it
A single slice of cheese pizza contains about 300 calories.
contains + number + calories
Shanti checks the calorie count on every food label before she buys anything.
calorie count on food labels
Minho is cutting down on calories, so he chose a salad instead of fried chicken.
The fitness tracker on Lara's wrist showed she had burned 650 calories during her morning jog.
Bao read the nutrition panel carefully and counted the calories in each ingredient.
- kilojoule
the metric unit used in some countries (e.g., Australia, New Zealand) instead of calories on food labels
用法筆記
In everyday conversation, people often talk about 'counting calories' when they are trying to lose or control weight. The singular form 'calorie' is also common (e.g., 'This drink has only one calorie').
常見錯誤
2. scientific units for measuring heat; for example, one small calorie (cal) is the
scientific units for measuring heat; for example, one small calorie (cal) is the energy that makes a single gram of water's temperature go up by one degree Celsius
Tunde learned that one small calorie warms one gram of water by one degree Celsius.
one small calorie warms one gram of water by one degree Celsius
The lab report showed that the chemical reaction released 250 calories of thermal energy.
Heather's professor explained the difference between the small and the large Calorie used in physics.
Andrei calculated that burning one gram of methane produces about 13,000 calories of heat.
- joule
the SI unit of energy; one calorie equals approximately 4.184 joules
用法筆記
In scientific writing, 'calorie' with a lowercase 'c' refers to the gram calorie (cal), while 'Calorie' with a capital 'C' means the kilocalorie (kcal), which equals 1,000 gram calories. This distinction rarely matters outside of scientific contexts.