metabolic rate
metabolic rate — 名詞
1. how fast a person's or animal's body burns food to make the energy it needs to l
代謝率
身體將食物轉化為能量的速度
how fast a person's or animal's body burns food to make the energy it needs to live and move.
Athletes like Mizuki often have a high metabolic rate from years of hard training.
像 Mizuki 這樣的運動員，經過多年苦練，往往代謝率很高。
adjective collocation: a high metabolic rate
As people grow older, their metabolic rate slows down and weight gain becomes easier.
隨著年齡增長，人的代謝率通常會變慢，體重也更容易增加。
The doctor measured Ezra's metabolic rate to find out why he felt tired all day.
醫生測量了 Ezra 的代謝率，想找出他為什麼整天都覺得疲累。
verb collocation: measure someone's metabolic rate
Cold weather can raise the metabolic rate as the body works harder to stay warm.
寒冷的天氣會提高代謝率，因為身體得更賣力地維持溫暖。
verb collocation: raise the metabolic rate
Daniel eats huge meals yet stays thin because his metabolic rate is unusually fast.
Daniel 吃很多卻依然很瘦，因為他的代謝率異常地快。
- high metabolic rate
- low metabolic rate
- slow metabolic rate
- boost your metabolic rate
- metabolism
the whole set of chemical processes in the body; metabolic rate is specifically their speed
- basal metabolic rate
a narrower term — the rate measured when the body is completely at rest
用法筆記
Usually countable and paired with a level adjective (high, low, fast, slow) or a change verb (raise, lower, slow, boost), rather than standing alone.
常見錯誤
同根字
- metabolism名詞B2
- metabolic形容詞B2
- metabolize動詞C1
- metabolite名詞C2