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calorific

adjective
🔊/ˌkæləˈrɪfɪk/
🔊/ˌkæləˈrɪfɪk/
 [usually before noun]
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  1. (specialist) relating to the amount of energy contained in food or fuel（热）卡的；产生热量的
    • the calorific value of food (= the quantity of heat or energy produced by a particular amount of food)食物的热值（即某一数量的食物所产生的热量或能量）
    • Waste plastics have a higher calorific value than coal and burn easily.废塑料的发热量比煤高，容易燃烧。
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
  2. (of food and drink饮食) containing a lot of calories and likely to make you fat高卡（路里）的；高热量的
    • calorific chocolate cake高热量巧克力蛋糕
    Topics Cooking and eatingc2
    3. Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin calorificus, from calor ‘heat’.