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
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.- 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。
- Let us imagine that by some political alchemy it had been possible to make all men equal.
英英释义
noun
- a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
- the way two individuals relate to each other
- their chemistry was wrong from the beginning -- they hated each other
- a mysterious alchemy brought them together
双语例句
- 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。 - Mediaeval Alchemy contained Gnostic elements.
中世纪炼金术包含诺斯替教的成分。 - One element of this alchemy is time, which therefore plays a substantial role in his works.
这种炼金术的要素之一是时间，因而时间在吴季聪的作品中发挥着重要作用。 - Believed the alchemy the principle, the exchange of equal value principle, has betrayed the reality actually.
相信炼金术的法则，等价交换的原理，却背叛了现实。 - Alchemy? I'm not familiar with that word.
炼金术？这个词我不熟。 - Religion had an intimate association with alchemy during the Middle Ages.
在中世纪，宗教和炼金术密切相联。 - Thus, the elements would be interconvertible, so this idea was a precursor to alchemy.
从而，元素是可以互相转化的，这样的思想是炼金术的先驱。 - It was 20th century alchemy.
这是20世纪的炼金术。 - Astrology and alchemy are occult sciences.
占星学和炼丹术为神秘之学。