caloric

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The hypothetical medium of heat. historical,uncountable
    — The fluid matter of heat, or Calorique, in which all bodies are immersed, is as necessary to vegetable as to animal existence.
形容词 adj.
  1. Relating to calories.
    — caloric intake
  2. Containing calories.
    — Milk is a caloric beverage.
  3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”).
    — a dry, caloric food
  4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

词形变化

more caloric comparative most caloric superlative

词源

词源 1
From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).
词源 2
From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”).
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