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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

TOEFLGRETEM8化学

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
      1. (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.
          1. 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
            1. 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

            • Alchemy? I'm not familiar with that word.
              炼金术?这个词我不熟。
            • 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。
            • A key lesson of this crisis is the danger of insufficient capital and the risks of alchemy.
              资金不足的危险和“魔力”的风险是这场危机的一个重要教训。
            • Golden dreams are filled with magic and alchemy.
              金色梦想充满了魔力和魔法。
            • This is our alchemy and our golden goose.
              这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。
            • This statement is the fundamental axiom that distinguished chemistry from alchemy.
              这个论述是化学区别于炼金术的基本定律。
            • Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.
              炼金术为现代化学铺了路。
            • Jung felt that alchemy was the connection between the ancient world of the Gnostics and the modern era, which would see the return of sophia.
              容格感觉到炼金术是古代诺斯替世界和现代纪元两者之间的媒介,也将看到了索菲娅的回归。
            • But faith in the financial alchemy of this single currency has spectacularly crumbled, just as faith in those CDOs fell apart.
              但人们对这一单一货币金融魔力的信仰已经惊人地崩溃了,正如对CDO的信仰也已土崩瓦解一样。
            • I could make an Alchemy skill check. Silence.
              我会做一个炼金术技能检定。安静。