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alchemy n.炼金术；魔力 (1) 炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。 In medieval times alchemy meant the mysterious science of trying to convert one form of matter into another using fire, potions, spells, and all kind of other tricks. Alchemists often got a bad rap for their obsession with trying to turn base metals into gold, but in fact true alchemy was concerned with a far loftier ideal — that of finding a "universal elixir" that could overcome death.

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英 ['ælkəmi] 美 ['ælkəmi] (1) One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold. If your favorite but perpetually losing team picks up a couple of new players and the result is suddenly an unbeatable combo, that's alchemy — any seemingly magical act involving the combining of elements into something new. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. 2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（改变事物的）魔力 Alchemy is the power to change or create things in a way which seems mysterious and magical.   [LITERARY 文]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。

英语单词	alchemy
英美音标	英 ['ælkəmi] 美 ['ælkəmi]
中文释义	n.炼金术；魔力
英语例句	(1) One of the supreme quests of alchemy is to transmute lead into gold.
中文例句	(1) 炼金术的终极目的之一是将铅转化为金。
vocabulary简明	If your favorite but perpetually losing team picks up a couple of new players and the result is suddenly an unbeatable combo, that's alchemy — any seemingly magical act involving the combining of elements into something new.
vocabulary扩展	In medieval times alchemy meant the mysterious science of trying to convert one form of matter into another using fire, potions, spells, and all kind of other tricks. Alchemists often got a bad rap for their obsession with trying to turn base metals into gold, but in fact true alchemy was concerned with a far loftier ideal — that of finding a "universal elixir" that could overcome death.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]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. 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]（改变事物的）魔力 Alchemy is the power to change or create things in a way which seems mysterious and magical. [LITERARY 文] 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。

Alchemy Gold Mysterious Form Metals Concerned N Uncount 不可数名词