alchemy

英 [ˈælkəmi]

美 [ˈælkəmi]

n.  炼金术(见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金); (改变事物的)神秘力量，魔力

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BNC.22179 / COCA.17003

牛津词典

noun

• 炼金术（见于中世纪，企图把普通金属炼成黄金）
  a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages which involved trying to discover how to change ordinary metals into gold
• （改变事物的）神秘力量，魔力
  a mysterious power or magic that can change things

柯林斯词典

• 炼金术；炼丹术
  Alchemywas a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
• N-UNCOUNT （改变事物的）魔力
  Alchemyis the power to change or create things in a way which seems mysterious and magical.
  1. Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
     让我们想象通过某种政治魔力能使人人平等。

英英释义

noun

• a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
• the way two individuals relate to each other
  1. their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other
  2. a mysterious alchemy brought them together
  Synonym:chemistryinterpersonal chemistry

双语例句

• Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical.
  秘术的与秘术有关的，尤指炼金术；魔术的。
• Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.
  在中世纪，宗教和炼金术密切相联。
• Thus, the elements would be interconvertible, so this idea was a precursor to alchemy.
  从而，元素是可以互相转化的，这样的思想是炼金术的先驱。
• One element of this alchemy is time, which therefore plays a substantial role in his works.
  这种炼金术的要素之一是时间，因而时间在吴季聪的作品中发挥着重要作用。
• Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.
  炼金术为现代化学铺了路。
• Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
  理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。
• Mercury was essential in the alchemy process to refine gold and silver.
  在金银的提炼和镀金工艺中，汞的炼制是必不可少的。
• It was 20th century alchemy.
  这是20世纪的炼金术。
• Mediaeval Alchemy contained Gnostic elements.
  中世纪炼金术包含诺斯替教的成分。
• We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.
  我们知道炼金术把铜变成金。