low-calorie
low-calorie — 形容詞
1. describes food or drink that has fewer units of energy than the normal or standa
低熱量
含較少熱量的食品或飲料
describes food or drink that has fewer units of energy than the normal or standard type of that product, often chosen by people who want to eat more healthily or lose weight
Aiko drinks low-calorie soda because she is watching her sugar intake.
Aiko 喝低熱量汽水，因為她在注意糖分攝取。
The local café now offers a low-calorie breakfast bowl with fresh fruit.
當地的咖啡館現在提供低熱量的早餐碗，搭配新鮮水果。
attributive use before a noun phrase
At just forty calories per serving, low-calorie salad dressing helps Rohan keep his lunch light.
每份僅含四十卡路里的低熱量沙拉醬，讓 Rohan 的午餐熱量不會太高。
Dr. Okafor told his patient to switch to low-calorie snacks between meals.
Okafor 醫師建議他的病人改吃低熱量點心。
This low-calorie pasta is made from vegetables instead of flour.
這種低熱量義大利麵是用蔬菜而不是麵粉做的。
- diet
common on product labels but less precise; 'diet soda' may use artificial sweeteners without being low in calories
- reduced-calorie
more technical; often implies the product has at least 25% fewer calories than the standard version
- light
can mean less fat, sugar, alcohol or calories depending on the product; check labels carefully
- high-calorie
direct opposite
- calorie-rich
more formal register, used in nutrition writing
用法筆記
Typically used to describe foods and drinks, not activities or non-edible items. Often appears before a noun as a compound adjective requiring a hyphen (e.g. low-calorie meal).