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单词 empty calorie
释义

empty calorie


noun

a calorie whose source has little or no nutritional value: Junk food has only empty calories.

Origin of empty calorie

An Americanism dating back to1965–70

Words nearby empty calorie

emprosthotonos, Empson, empt, emptor, empty, empty calorie, empty calories, empty cow, empty-handed, empty-headed, empty morph
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  • After missing that mark with the empty-calorie fluff of Salem, WGN is nailing it with Manhattan.

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  • Latino groups hate it, and it does seem like an empty-calorie kind of bill, I have to say.

    Michael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s Doomed Immigration Gambit|Michael Tomasky|April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
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