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
• （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

• We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.
  我们知道炼金术把铜变成金。
• 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。
• What spurred them on was alchemy, the science of changing ordinary metals into gold.
  激励他们的是炼金术，即把普通金属变为金子的“科学”。
• 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。
• 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。
• The Black Crow sometimes also the Raven is the beginning of the great work of soul alchemy.
  黑乌鸦在灵魂炼金术伟大工作的开头表现为大乌鸦。
• 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。
• 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。
• And you craft command combinations that perform sheer alchemy on data.
  并且您熟练地掌握了命令的组合，可以对数据进行复杂的操作。
• A whip made with alchemy. it's stronger than any dead man's discarded sword.
  通过炼金术制作的皮鞭，比那些死人丢下的剑好用多了。