calories

IPA/ˈkæl.ər.i/
KK[kˈælɚiz]IPA/ˈkæl.ɚ.i/

calories — 名詞

  • caloriessingular
  • caloriesesplural

1. units that measure how much energy a food or drink gives your body when you eat

1.名詞A2
釋義

熱量

食物所含的能量單位

units that measure how much energy a food or drink gives your body when you eat or drink it

例句

A single slice of cheese pizza contains about 300 calories.

一片起司披薩大約含有 300 卡路里。

contains + number + calories

Shanti checks the calorie count on every food label before she buys anything.

Shanti 每次買東西前都會檢查食品標籤上的熱量標示。

calorie count on food labels

同義詞
  • 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

❌This banana has 100 calories of energy.
✅This banana has 100 calories.
💡'calories' already refers to a unit of energy; adding 'of energy' is redundant.

2. scientific units for measuring heat; for example, one small calorie (cal) is the

2.名詞B2
釋義

卡路里

熱能的科學計量單位

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

例句

Tunde learned that one small calorie warms one gram of water by one degree Celsius.

Tunde 學到一小卡能讓一克水升高攝氏一度。

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.

實驗報告顯示該化學反應釋放了 250 卡路里的熱能。

同義詞
  • 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.