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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. 废塑料的热值比煤高，容易燃烧。
(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
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin calorificus, from calor ‘heat’.