单词 | caloric |
释义 | caloric —calorically, adv. —caloricity /kal'euh ris"i tee/, n. /keuh lawr"ik, -lor"-/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to calories: the caloric content of food. 2. of or pertaining to heat. 3. (of engines) driven by heat. 4. high in calories: a caloric meal. n. 5. heat. 6. Archaic. a hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was thought to determine its thermal state. [1785-95; < F calorique, equiv. to calor- ( < L calor heat) + -ique -IC] |
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