- chiefly N. Amer. or technical of or relating to heat; calorific〈主北美或技〉（与）热（有关）的; 生热的：
a caloric value of 7 calories per gram.
每克七卡热量。
mass noun
- Physics, historical (in the late 18th and early 19th centuries) a hypothetical fluid substance that was thought to be responsible for the phenomena of heat【物理】〈史〉热质。
派生词
calorically
adverb词源
late 18th cent. (as a noun)： from French calorique, from Latin calor 'heat'.