Lo-cal food or drink is made to contain fewer calories than the usual version — less ‘fuel’ in the portion, so it is sold as a lighter choice. You see it on cans, yoghurt, salad dressing, beer, and ‘diet’ lines in a supermarket.

Lo-cal food or drinkLo-cal的食物或飲料 is made to contain fewer calories than the usual version做得比一般版本含有更少的卡路里——less 'fuel' in the portion這一份裡的「燃料」比較少，so it is sold as a lighter choice所以被當作比較清爽的選擇來賣。You see it on cans, yoghurt, salad dressing, beer, and 'diet' lines in a supermarket你會在超市的罐頭、優格、沙拉醬、啤酒，還有『diet』系列上看到它。

It is informal packaging English, a bit advertising-ish, more spoken and commercial than academic. People also write low-cal.

It它 is informal packaging English是包裝上用的非正式英文，a bit advertising-ish帶點廣告的味道，more spoken and commercial than academic比較口語、商業，不學術。People人們 also write也會寫成 low-cal low-cal。

Though actually, lo-cal does not automatically mean no sugar, no fat, or ‘healthy in every way’. It only talks about calorie count. A lo-cal biscuit can still be salty, or full of sweeteners, or easy to eat too many of.

Though actually不過實際上，lo-cal does not automatically meanlo-cal不代表就一定 no sugar, no fat, or 'healthy in every way'沒有糖、沒有脂肪，或是「每方面都健康」。It它 only talks about只是在講 calorie count卡路里的數字。A lo-cal biscuit一片lo-cal的餅乾 can still be salty還是可以很鹹，or full of sweeteners或加了很多代糖，or easy to eat too many of或讓人一不小心就吃太多。

It is the cousin of labels like lite and diet. Speakers sometimes stretch it to meals (‘I’ll have something lo-cal’) meaning they want a smaller-energy choice, not a brand name.

It它 is the cousin of labels like lite and diet是像lite和diet這類標籤的親戚。Speakers sometimes stretch it to meals ('I'll have something lo-cal')說話的人有時候會把它用到餐點上（「我要點lo-cal的東西」），meaning they want a smaller-energy choice, not a brand name意思是想要熱量比較少的選擇，不是在講某個品牌名。

It is not the word local (nearby). The hyphen and the missing w are the hint: lo- stands for low.

It它 is not不是 the word local (nearby)local這個字（附近的意思）。The hyphen and the missing w那個連字號和少掉的w are the hint就是線索：lo- stands for lowlo-代表的是low。