We waited inside untiZ things ca〖med down•我们待在室 内，直到一®都恢复了平静。◊ JFfe took a/ew deep breaths to caZm himsei/ down.他深深地吸了 几口气，後

自己平静下来。

■ woMf? [C, ur *1 a quiet and peaceful time or situation 平 静的 W;宁静 M 状态：the caZm 〇/ a summer evening 夏日夜晚的宁_ ◊ The police appea〖ed/or ca〖m•警察要 求大家保持安静。2 a quiet and relaxed manner泰然 自若：Her previous caZm gave way to terror•她先前的泰 然自若已变为惊恐。DSEIthe ca丨m before the storm a calm time immediately before an expected period of violent activity or argument 暴风雨（大动荡、激烈辩 论）前的平静

Calor gas™ /'kaelagaes; N/AmE'kaelar/ (8rŁ) (L/S'cooking gas) noun [U] a type of gas stored as a liquid under pres­sure in metal containers and used for heating and cooking in places where there is no gas supply 罐装液

化气.(_用于取暖和做饭）

calorie /'kaelari/ noun 1 a unit for measuring how much energy food will produce 大卡，千卡（测量食物 贪热量的单位）：—Vm counting my calories.我不要糖，谢谢。我在控制摄取的热M。◊ a tow-ca〖orie dri/ifc/diet 低热量的饮料 / 饮食 2 (tec/?- nicai a unit for measuring a quantity of heat; the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius 卡，卡路里（热量 单位—克水升高1摄氏度时所需要的热量） cal-or-if-ic /.kaela'rifik/ adj. [usually before noun] (technical 术语）connected with or producing heat (热）卡的；产 生热量的：the ca〖or(/k vaiue o//ood (= 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\

cal.oi*.im-eter /Ikaela'rimita(r)/ (fcc/m/ra/ 术语）d device which measures the amount of heat in a chem- ical reaction热量计；量热仪

caique /kaelk/ (also loan translation) noun (linguistics iSW) a word or expression in a language that is a trans­lation of a word or expression in another language ft 造词，借译词语（外国词语的直译词）：^Traffic calming， is a caique of the German tVerkehrsberuhigung\ * traffic calming是由德语Verkehrsberuhigung直译过来的。 cal-umny /'kaelamni/ noun (pi -ies) (formal) 1 [C] a false statement about a person that is made to damage their reputation 诬蔑，诽镑（的言论）2 [U] the act of making such a statement 诬蔑，诽谤（的行为）BCQ SLANDER

Cal-va-dos /'kaelvados; NAmE .kaelva'dous/ noun [U] a French drink made by distilling apple juice (法国）

苹果白兰地

calve /ka:v; AMmf kaev/ 叱必[V] (of a cow 母牛）to give birth to a calf生小车；产模 calves pi. of calf

Cal-vin-ist /'kaelvinist/ (also Cal-vin is-tic) adj. 1 con- nected with a Church that follows the teachings of the French Protestant, John Calvin 加尔文宗的h 加尔文派 的 < 与信奉法国新教教徒约翰•加尔文教义的教派有关 的 > 2 having very strict moral attitudes 严守道德的 ► Cal-vin-ism noun [U] Cal-vin-ist noun ca-lypso /ka'lipsau; NAmE -sou/ noun [C, U] {pi. -os) a Caribbean song about a subject of current interest; this type of music卡利普索民歌（以时事为主题，流行于加勒 比海地区）；卡利普索音乐， calyx /'keiliks/ noun (pi ca-lyxes or ca-ly-ces /'keilisiiz/) (technical   the ring of small green leaves (called

sepals) that protect a flower before it opens 花萼 CAM /ksem/ a办/7r. computer aided manufacturing 计算 机辅助制造；电脑辅助制造

cam /kaem/ noun ^ part on a wheel that sticks out and changes the circular movement of the wheel into up-and-down or badcwards-and-forwards movement 凸 轮（把圆周运^转变为上下或前后运动的机械部件） cama rad erie /.kaema'raidari; NAmE .kamia'raidari/ noun [U] a feeling of friendship and trust among people who work or spend a lot of time together 同事情谊； 友情