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

  1. 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
    1. (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

      1. 炼金术;炼丹术
        Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
        1. N-UNCOUNT (改变事物的)魔力
          Alchemy is 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。

        双语例句

        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。
        2. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
          理查德告诉过我16世纪的三卷关于炼金术的对开本书籍的事。
        3. 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。
        4. 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”。
        5. 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。
        6. 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。
        7. Love unites alchemy and magic into new sequences to be dreamt that bridge upon ecstasy.
          爱会将魔力和魔法统一到过渡到出神极乐的全新序列当中,使之得以造梦。
        8. Forgiveness is a form of alchemy.
          原谅是一种魔力。
        9. But faith in the financial alchemy of this single currency has spectacularly crumbled, just as faith in those CDOs fell apart.
          但人们对这一单一货币金融魔力的信仰已经惊人地崩溃了,正如对CDO的信仰也已土崩瓦解一样。
        10. It was 20th century alchemy.
          这是20世纪的炼金术。
        11. This is our alchemy and our golden goose.
          这是为我们的炼金术和我们的金鸭子。
        12. Golden dreams are filled with magic and alchemy.
          金色梦想充满了魔力和魔法。
        13. 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。
        14. 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。
        15. Roy: You can study alchemy as you wish, or work in the assembly, being a captain.
          罗伊:自由研究炼金术,或是你可以决定到军部工作,等级是少校。
        16. Mediaeval Alchemy contained Gnostic elements.
          中世纪炼金术包含诺斯替教的成分。
        17. 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。
        18. 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。
        19. 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。
        20. Mercury was essential in the alchemy process to refine gold and silver.
          在金银的提炼和镀金工艺中,汞的炼制是必不可少的。
        21. Astrology and alchemy are occult sciences.
          占星学和炼丹术为神秘之学。
        22. 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。
        23. We know that alchemy transforms copper into gold.
          我们知道炼金术把铜变成金。
        24. Alchemy paved the way for the modern science of chemistry.
          炼金术为现代化学铺了路。
        25. 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。
        26. 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。
        27. I am not certain why, but for me the alchemy works.
          我对原因并不确定,但对我而言,魔法灵验了。
        28. Alchemy? I'm not familiar with that word.
          炼金术?这个词我不熟。
        29. I could make an Alchemy skill check. Silence.
          我会做一个炼金术技能检定。安静。
        30. Such is the golden alchemy of consciousness.
          这个就是意识的黄金炼金术。

        英英释义

        noun

        1. a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

          1. 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