Alchemy
['ælkɪmɪ] or ['ælkəmi]
解釋/意思:
(n.) An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry.
(n.) A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet.
(n.) Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious.
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解釋/意思:
n. the infant stage of chemistry as astrology was of astronomy.—A chief pursuit of the alchemists was to transmute the other metals into gold and to discover the elixir of life.—adj. Alchem′ic—n. Al′chemist one skilled in alchemy.
編輯:史蒂夫
例句/造句/用法:
- Their alchemy was closely associated with metallurgy, the making of alloys and amalgams, and th e handicrafts of the goldsmiths and silversmiths. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- He seemed born anew, and virtue, more potent than Medean alchemy, endued him with health and strength. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- In the Sixteenth Century the study of chemistry, apart from alchemy, began, and some attention was given to its application to the uses of medicine. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The business man of to-day still thinks of research as a sort of alchemy. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The real alchemy consists in being able to turn gold back again into something else; and that's the secret that most of your friends have lost. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
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