Alchemist
['ælkɪmɪst] or ['ælkəmɪst]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone.
手打:维罗妮卡--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) One who practices alchemy.
德洛丽丝整理
例句/造句/用法:
- Some said he was an alchemist trying to turn base metals into gold, some that he was discovering new poisons, some frankly believed that his learning had turned his mind and made him mad. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The alchemists sought to discover processes whereby one metal might be transmuted into another. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- Aristotle speculated, and the alchemists of the middle ages busied themselves in magic and guess-work. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Closely associated with the alchemists were the astrologers, who were also a practical race. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- We live to-day largely in the age of alchemists, for all our sneers at their memory. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- To reverse the process of the transformation and produce radium from the base metal lead would be an achievement greater than the vaunted transmutations of the alchemists. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- We know of the _athanor_ of the alchemists of the middle ages. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
校對:伊薇特