单词 | alchemy |
释义 | alchemy['ælkimi]n. 炼金术, 魔力【化】 炼丹术; 炼金术; 金丹术【医】 炼丹术 alchemy al.che.my AHD: [²l“k…-m¶] D.J. [6#lk*mi8]K.K. [6#lk*mi]n.(名词)1. A medieval chemical philosophy having as its asserted aims the transmutation of base metals into gold, the discovery of the panacea, and the preparation of the elixir of longevity.炼金术,炼丹术:中世纪的一种化学学科,其声称的目标是将一些基本金属转变为金子,发现万灵药及制作长生不老丹2. A seemingly magical power or process of transmuting:魔力,神秘变化:似有的魔力或变幻过程:“He wondered by what alchemy it was changed, so that what sickened him one hour, maddened him with hunger the next”(&b{Marjorie K. Rawlings})“他想知道是什么样的魔力导致了这样的变化,一小时前使他厌恶的东西,现在却发疯似地想得到它”(玛乔丽K.罗林斯)语源:1. Middle English alkamie 中古英语 alkamie 2. from Old French alquemie 源自 古法语 alquemie 3. from Medieval Latin alchymia 源自 中世纪拉丁语 alchymia 4. from Arabic al-k&9{ºmiy³’} 源自 阿拉伯语 al-k&9{ºmiy³’} 5. al [the] al [定冠词] 6. k&9{ºmiy³’} [chemistry] from Late Greek kh¶meia, khumeia perhaps from Greek Kh¶mia [Egypt] k&9{ºmiy³’} [化学] 源自 后期希腊语 kh¶meia, khumeia 可能源自 希腊语 Kh¶mia [埃及] 继承用法:alchem“ical AHD: [²l-kµm“-¹-k…l] 或 al.chem“ic (形容词) |
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